The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκιαμαχία
- Late Latin · derived fromsciamachia
- English todaysciamachy
From Late Latin sciamachia, and its source, Hellenistic Ancient Greek σκιαμαχία (skiamakhía), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.