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Origin and history of taxis

taxis(n.)

"operation whereby displaced parts (as a hernia) are put back in their natural situation," 1758, medical Latin, from Greek taxis "arrangement, an arranging, the order or disposition of an army, battle array; order, regularity," verbal noun of tassein "arrange" (from PIE root *tag- "to touch, handle").

also from 1758

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hypotaxis(n.)

in grammar, "dependent construction" (opposed to parataxis), 1844, earlier in German; see hypo- + taxis. Related: Hypotactic.

taxeme(n.)

unit of syntactic relationship, 1933, from Greek taxis "order, arrangement" (see taxis) + -eme.

*tag-

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to touch, handle," with figurative extensions ("border on; taste, partake of; strike, hit; affect, impress; trick, cheat; mention, speak of").

It might form all or part of: attain; contact; contaminate; entire; intact; integer; integrate; integrity; noli me tangere; tact; tactics; tactile; tangent; tangible; task; taste; tax; taxis.

It might also be the source of: Latin tangere "to touch," taxare "to touch, assess," tactus "touch," integer "intact, whole, complete, perfect; honest;" Greek tassein "to arrange," tetagon "having seized;" Old English þaccian "stroke, strike gently."

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