Where does “παράταξις” come from?

παράταξις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek παρατάσσω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos — horse.

παράταξις (Ancient Greek): a placing side by side; marshaling, line of...

Definitions

  1. a placing side by side; marshaling, line of...

Ancestry of “παράταξις”, step by step

παράταξις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek παρατάσσω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαρατάσσωto place side by side
2Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ-near; next to; by, near
3Ancient Greekπαρά
4LatinverēdusA fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter
5Gaulishwerēdoshorse
6Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidoshorse

via Ancient Greek τάξις

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτάξιςarrangement, ordering; battle array, order of...
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “παράταξις”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos →Every word from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- →Every word from Gaulish werēdos →