Falange
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (historical) A Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian Falange derived from Latin phalanx derived from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φάλαγξ
Gloss
battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem
Kanji
茎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Falangism English
- Falangist English
- phalanx English
- phalanga Latin
- phalangem Latin
- phalangem, phalanx Latin
- phalanx Latin
- falanx Dutch, Flemish
- phalange French
- фаланга Russian
- Falange Spanish, Castilian
- φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φαλάγγιον Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- falang Irish
- φάλαγγα Greek (modern)
- փաղանգ Old Armenian