Where does “morphotaxon” come from?
morphotaxon (English) comes from English taxon, from English taxonomy, from French taxonomie, from English taxo-, from Ancient Greek τάξις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
morphotaxon (English): A taxon of a group of organisms classified...
Definitions
- A taxon of a group of organisms classified...
Ancestry of “morphotaxon”, step by step
morphotaxon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English taxon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taxon | A group of one or more populations of an organism... |
| 2 | English | taxonomy | The science or the technique used to make a... |
| 3 | French | taxonomie | Alternative form of taxinomie |
| 4 | English | taxo- | order, arrangement |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τάξις | arrangement, ordering; battle array, order of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |