Where does “taxis” come from?
Taxi comes from English taximeter, from French taximètre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tag- meaning to arrange or order.
taxis (English): The directional movement of an organism in...
Definitions
- The directional movement of an organism in...
Ancestry of “taxis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | τάξις | arrangement, ordering; battle array, order of... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “taxis”