Greek word
stoicheîon
στοιχεῖον
What it means
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. a serial constituent, proposition
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
Where it comes from
neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of stoichéō (στοιχέω)