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Where does “taxonomy” come from?

Taxonomy comes from French taxonomie, which derives from New Latin taxonomia, formed from Greek taxis meaning "arrangement" and -nomia meaning "system of laws or management."

taxonomy (English): The science or the technique used to make a...

Definitions

  1. The science or the technique used to make a...

Ancestry of “taxonomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchtaxonomieAlternative form of taxinomie
2Englishtaxo-order, arrangement
3Ancient Greekτάξιςarrangement, ordering; battle array, order of...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “taxonomy”

  • taxonomic
  • taxonomically
  • chemotaxonomic
  • taxonomize
  • chemotaxonomy
  • nontaxonomic
  • cytotaxonomy
  • ichnotaxonomy
  • cytotaxonomic
  • chemotaxonomically
  • zootaxonomy
  • phytotaxonomic
  • metataxonomic
  • cytotaxonomically
  • ichnotaxonomic
  • taxonomizer
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