Etymology

chiliarch

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Today it means: A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χιλίαρχος ← Latin chiliarchus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromchiliarchus
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχιλίαρχος
  3. English todaychiliarch

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιλίαρχος (khilíarkhos) via Latin chiliarchus.

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