Where does “taxis” come from?

taxis (English) comes from Ancient Greek τάξις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

taxis (English): The directional movement of an organism in...

Definitions

  1. The directional movement of an organism in...

Ancestry of “taxis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτάξιςarrangement, ordering; battle array, order of...
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “taxis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek τάξις →