Where does “para-hypotaxis” come from?
para-hypotaxis (English) comes from English parataxis, from Ancient Greek παράταξις, from Ancient Greek παρατάσσω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos — horse.
para-hypotaxis (English): A linguistic phenomenon in which coordination and...
Definitions
- A linguistic phenomenon in which coordination and...
Ancestry of “para-hypotaxis”, step by step
para-hypotaxis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parataxis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parataxis | Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παράταξις | a placing side by side; marshaling, line of... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παρατάσσω | to place side by side |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 6 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 7 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
via English hypotaxis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hypotaxis | Syntactic subordination of one clause or... |
| 2 | English | taxis | The directional movement of an organism in... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τάξις | arrangement, ordering; battle array, order of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |