English
strategos
Strategos comes from Ancient Greek στρατηγός ‘a leader or commander of an army: general’, from ἄγω ‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγωágō‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστρατηγόςstratēgós‘a leader or commander of an army: general’
- Englishtodaystrategos
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγωágō‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστρατηγόςstratēgós‘a leader or commander of an army: general’
- Englishtodaystrategos
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
reaction, suggest, actively, essay, register, transaction, acre, gesture, inactive, radioactive, digest, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, unambiguous, reagent, ingestion, retroactive, progesterone, hyperactivity, gestation, ingest, ambiguously, agitate, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 129 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, agent, actor, agenda, ambiguous, activate, agile, ambiguity, agility, squat, assay, agitation, cogent, radium, actuator, actuation, inexact, exigent, actuate, 112 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, axiomatic, agonize, 22 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
through Ancient Greek στρατηγός ‘a leader or commander of an army: general’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / strategos