Where does “syntax” come from?
Syntax comes from French syntaxe, from Ancient Greek σύνταξις, from Ancient Greek τάξις meaning arrangement or order, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots related to putting or setting in place.
syntax (English): A set of rules that govern how words are combined...
Definitions
- A set of rules that govern how words are combined...
Ancestry of “syntax”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | syntaxis | syntaxis, syntax |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σύνταξις | an arranging, putting in order; array,... |
| 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 “syntax”