The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromφάλαγξ“battle order; array”
- Latin · borrowed fromphalanx
- English todayphalanx
Borrowed from Latin phalanx or Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order; array”). Doublet of phalange, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.