Where does “heterotaxis” come from?

heterotaxis (English) comes from English taxis, from Ancient Greek τάξις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

heterotaxis (English): An abnormal structural arrangement

Definitions

  1. An abnormal structural arrangement

Ancestry of “heterotaxis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtaxisThe directional movement of an organism in...
2Ancient Greekτάξιςarrangement, ordering; battle array, order of...
3Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
4Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “heterotaxis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek τάξις →