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Where does “syntaxless” come from?

syntaxless (English) comes from English syntax, from Latin syntaxis, from Ancient Greek σύνταξις, from Ancient Greek συντάσσω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.

syntaxless (English): Devoid of syntax

Definitions

  1. Devoid of syntax

Ancestry of “syntaxless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsyntaxA set of rules that govern how words are combined...
2Latinsyntaxissyntaxis, syntax
3Ancient Greekσύνταξιςan arranging, putting in order; array,...
4Ancient Greekσυντάσσωarrange together”, “to order
5Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
6Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
7Proto-Hellenic*ksún—
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