stratagem(n.)
"artifice, trick," 晚期15世纪,来自法语 strattegeme, stratagème "trick, especially to outwit an enemy"(15世纪),源自意大利语 stratagemma,源自拉丁语 strategema "artifice, stratagem",源自希腊语 strategema "the act of a general; military stratagem",源自 strategein "to be a general, command",源自 strategos "general"(参见 strategy)。相关词汇: Stratagematic; stratagemical。第二个 -a- 是罗曼语的拼写错误(比较西班牙语 estratagema)。
该词起源时间:15世纪末