Where does “ξιφολόγχη” come from?
ξιφολόγχη (Greek) comes from Greek ξίφος, from Ancient Greek ξίφος, from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
ξιφολόγχη (Greek): bayonet
Ancestry of “ξιφολόγχη”, step by step
ξιφολόγχη traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek ξίφος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | ξίφος | sword |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ξίφος | sword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of... |
| 3 | Egyptian | zft | sword; knife |
| 4 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 5 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |
via Greek λόγχη
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | λόγχη | spear, lance |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λόγχη | spearhead |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂k- | to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,... |