phalanx
Latin
noun
Definitions
- phalanx, battalion
Etymology
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
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Falange English
- brachymesophalangia English
- hyperphalangy English
- hypophalangy English
- interphalanx English
- mesophalanx English
- phalanx English
- *palanga Latin
- palanca Latin
- phalanga Latin
- phalangem Latin
- phalangem, phalanx Latin
- planca Latin
- palánk Hungarian
- falanghina Italian
- falanx Dutch, Flemish
- phalange French
- planche French
- фаланга Russian
- Falange Spanish, Castilian
- palanca Spanish, Castilian
- φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φαλάγγιον Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγγᾰ, φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- falanga Polish
- falang Irish
- φάλαγγα Greek (modern)
- փաղանգ Old Armenian
- pleng Albanian