Etymology

strategist

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Today it means: A person who devises strategies. Full definition →

English strategy ← Latin stratēgia ← Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*str̥tós
  4. Proto-Hellenic*strətós
  5. Ancient Greekστρατός (stratós)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*ágō
  9. Ancient Greekἄγω (ágō)
  10. Ancient Greekστρᾰτηγός (strătēgós)
  11. Ancient Greekστρατηγία (stratēgía)
  12. Latinstratēgia
  13. Englishstrategy
  14. English todaystrategist

From strategy + -ist.

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