Where does “strategema” come from?
strategema (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek στρατήγημα, from Ancient Greek στρατηγέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
strategema (Latin): a stratagem; any artifice, trickery
Definitions
- a stratagem; any artifice, trickery
Ancestry of “strategema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | στρατήγημα | act of a general, piece of generalship; trick,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγέω | to be a general |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |