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Strategy comes from Latin stratēgia, from Greek στρατηγία ‘generalship’, from στρατηγός ‘general’, from στρατός ‘army’ + ἄγω ‘to lead’.

1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρᾰτηγός¹strătēgós‘leader of an army, general’
2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρατηγία¹stratēgía‘office of general, command’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstratēgia¹
4. Englishearliest quotation 1913strategy¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English strategy
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1913, Robert Barr: ““I came down like a wolf on the fold,…”.