Etymology

tactician

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Today it means: A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics. Full definition →

English tactic ← New Latin tactica ← Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós)
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  1. Frenchtacticien
  2. Ancient Greekτακτικός (taktikós)
  3. New Latintactica
  4. Englishtactic
  5. English todaytactician

Borrowed from French tacticien, or from tactic + -ian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.