Etymology

Falange

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Today it means: A Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977. Full definition →

Spanish Falange ← Latin phalanx ← Ancient Greek φάλαγξ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφάλαγξ
  2. Latin · derived fromphalanx
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromFalange
  4. 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

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