Where does “taxonomic” come from?
Taxonomic comes from English taxonomy combined with the French suffix -ique, derived from Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.
taxonomic (English): Of, or relating to taxonomy
Definitions
- Of, or relating to taxonomy
Ancestry of “taxonomic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | taxonomy | The science or the technique used to make a... |
| 2 | French | taxonomie | Alternative form of taxinomie |
| 3 | English | taxo- | order, arrangement |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τάξις | arrangement, ordering; battle array, order of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “taxonomic”