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Where does “taxis” come from?

taxis (Latin) 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 (Latin): dative plural of taxus; ablative plural of taxus

Definitions

  1. dative plural of taxus; ablative plural of taxus

Ancestry of “taxis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτάξιςarrangement, ordering; battle array, order of...
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →