Stratagem

Morpheme

Stratagem

Type

free base

Denotation

tactic, ploy, strategy

Etymology

Middle English stratageme; Old French stratageme; Old Italian stratagemma; Latin strategema; Ancient Greek stratḗgēma, from stratēgeîn, from stratēgós, from stratós + ágein

Evidence

stratagem, stratagems

Notes

second <a> from Old Italian misspelling

See Also

Ege