English
strategian
Strategian comes from Latin stratēgia ‘a government, strategy’, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία ‘office of general, command’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-1reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti1‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō1‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγω1ágō‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρᾰτηγός1strătēgós‘a leader or commander of an army: general’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρατηγία1stratēgía‘office of general, command’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstratēgia2‘a government, strategy’
- Englishtodaystrategian2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin strategia
- 2 Wiktionary, English strategian
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-Wiktionary, Latin strategiareconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵetiWiktionary, Latin strategia‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágōWiktionary, Latin strategia‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγωWiktionary, Latin strategiaágō‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρᾰτηγόςWiktionary, Latin strategiastrătēgós‘a leader or commander of an army: general’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρατηγίαWiktionary, Latin strategiastratēgía‘office of general, command’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstratēgiaWiktionary, English strategian‘a government, strategy’
- EnglishtodaystrategianWiktionary, English strategian
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
reaction, suggest, actively, essay, register, acre, transaction, gesture, inactive, radioactive, digest, congestion, belligerent, unambiguous, reagent, ingestion, retroactive, progesterone, agrarian, hyperactivity, gestation, ingest, ambiguously, agger, samaj, agitate, gerund, gestion, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, agent, actor, agenda, ambiguous, activate, ambiguity, squat, assay, agile, agility, agitation, cogent, radium, actuator, actuation, inexact, exigent, actuate, 111 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, axiomatic, agonize, 22 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
Today it means
noun A strategist.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “strategian”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin strategia. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / strategian