Where does “μονομάχος” come from?

μονομάχος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μονομάχος, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.

μονομάχος (Greek): contestant, dueller, duellist

Definitions

  1. contestant, dueller, duellist

Ancestry of “μονομάχος”, step by step

μονομάχος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek μονομάχος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμονομάχοςfighting in single combat; dueling by hand-to-hand combat
2Ancient Greekμόνοςalone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique
3Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
4Proto-Hellenic*spérmə

via Byzantine Greek Μονομάχος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine GreekΜονομάχος
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *spérməEvery word from Ancient Greek σπέρμαEvery word from Ancient Greek μόνος