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- Ancient Greek · derived fromφάλαγξ
- Latin · derived fromphalanx
- Spanish · borrowed fromFalange
- English todayFalange
From Spanish Falange, from falange (“phalanx, phalange”), from Latin phalanx, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plank and planch.
Words from the same roots
Latinphalanx all →
phalanxphalange-phalangia
Ancient Greekφάλαγξ all →
plankphalanxphalange
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.