phyllotaxis
Meaningleaf arrangement
Common meaning: the arrangement of leaves
- phylla leafLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 875 · scan
- taxto put in order, arrangeLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 792 · scan
- isGreek noun ending marking an act or process
‘a leaf’ + ‘to put in order, arrange’ → phyllotaxis
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- phyll — Greek φύλλον “a leaf” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- tax — Greek τάσσω; τάξις “to put in order, arrange” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek φύλλον ‘a leaf’ + Greek τάσσω; τάξις ‘to put in order, arrange’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τάσσω, p. 792 · dictionary scan
Roots
- τάσσω; τάξις Greek “to put in order, arrange”
- φύλλον Greek “a leaf”
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