Where does “mnemotaxis” come from?

mnemotaxis (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.

mnemotaxis (English): Movement by organisms back along their own trails

Definitions

  1. Movement by organisms back along their own trails

Ancestry of “mnemotaxis”, 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 →