Where does “mechanotaxis” come from?

mechanotaxis (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.

mechanotaxis (English): The movement of a cell along a rigidity gradient

Definitions

  1. The movement of a cell along a rigidity gradient

Ancestry of “mechanotaxis”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek τάξις →