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Where does “gravitaxis” come from?

gravitaxis (English) comes from English gravi-, from Latin gravitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

gravitaxis (English): movement in the direction of higher or lower...

Definitions

  1. movement in the direction of higher or lower...

Ancestry of “gravitaxis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgravi-gravity
2Latingravitās—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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