Where does “morphosyntactic” come from?
Morphosyntactic derives from English syntactic and Ancient Greek μορφή (morphē, "form") combined with Ancient Greek σύνταξις (syntaxis, "arrangement"), from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis, "arrangement"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots som- and sem-.
morphosyntactic (English): Pertaining to morphosyntax
Definitions
- Pertaining to morphosyntax
Ancestry of “morphosyntactic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | syntactic | Of, related to or connected with syntax;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | συντακτικός | — |
| 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 | — |
Words derived from “morphosyntactic”