Where does “stratagemă” come from?
stratagemă (Romanian) comes from French stratagème, from Middle French stratageme, from Old French stratageme, from Latin strategema, from Ancient Greek στρατήγημα, from Ancient Greek στρατηγέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
stratagemă (Romanian): stratagem
Definitions
- stratagem
Ancestry of “stratagemă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | stratagème | stratagem, trick, ploy |
| 2 | Middle French | stratageme | strategy; stratagem |
| 3 | Old French | stratageme | — |
| 4 | Latin | strategema | a stratagem; any artifice, trickery |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στρατήγημα | act of a general, piece of generalship; trick,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγέω | to be a general |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |