English
strategy
Strategy comes from Latin stratēgia, from Greek στρατηγία ‘generalship’, from στρατηγός ‘general’, from στρατός ‘army’ + ἄγω ‘to lead’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρᾰτηγόςstrătēgós‘leader of an army, general’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστρατηγίαstratēgía‘office of general, command’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstratēgia
- Englishearliest quotation 1913strategy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρᾰτηγόςstrătēgós‘leader of an army, general’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστρατηγίαstratēgía‘office of general, command’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstratēgia
- Englishearliest quotation 1913strategy
Earliest quotation: 1913, Robert Barr: “I came down like a wolf on the fold,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
reaction, suggest, actively, essay, register, acre, transaction, gesture, inactive, radioactive, digest, congestion, belligerent, agrarian, unambiguous, reagent, ingestion, retroactive, hyperactivity, progesterone, gestation, ingest, ambiguously, agger, samaj, agitate, gerund, gestion, 130 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, agent, actor, agenda, ambiguous, activate, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, squat, agitation, cogent, radium, actuator, actuation, inexact, exigent, actuate, 113 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, axiomatic, agonize, 23 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
Today it means
noun The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek στρᾰτηγός / strategy