Where does “syntactic” come from?
Syntactic derives from Ancient Greek συντακτικός, from σύνταξις meaning arrangement or order, from τάξις meaning arrangement, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots som- and sem-.
syntactic (English): Of, related to or connected with syntax;...
Definitions
- Of, related to or connected with syntax;...
Ancestry of “syntactic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | συντακτικός | putting together, composing |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | συντάσσω | arrange together”, “to order |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |
Words derived from “syntactic”
- syntactically
- morphosyntactic
- morphosyntactically
- metasyntactic
- syntactics
- postsyntactic
- syntactician
- nonsyntactic
- asyntactic
- lexicosyntactic
- syntacticist
- unsyntactic
- protosyntactic
- syntacticize
- syntacticise
- nanosyntactic
- antisyntactic
- grammaticosyntactic
- syntacticism
- syntacticosemantic
- macrosyntactic
- microsyntactic
- syntacticization
- unsyntactically