Where does “syntaxis” come from?
syntaxis (Dutch) comes from Latin syntaxis, from Ancient Greek σύνταξις, from Ancient Greek συντάσσω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.
syntaxis (Dutch): syntax
Ancestry of “syntaxis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | syntaxis | syntaxis, syntax |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σύνταξις | an arranging, putting in order; array,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | συντάσσω | arrange together”, “to order |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | — |