Where does “loco” come from?

loco (Portuguese) comes from Latin lochus, from Ancient Greek λόχος, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai — to lie down.

loco (Portuguese): lochus, lochos a corps of troops among the Greeks

Definitions

  1. lochus, lochos a corps of troops among the Greeks

Ancestry of “loco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlochuslochus
2Ancient Greekλόχοςambush; The place of an ambush: ambuscade; A body...
3Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
4Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down

Words derived from “loco”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai →Every word from Ancient Greek λέχομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek λόχος →