taxonomy
Meaningarrangement law
Common meaning: scientific classification
- taxto put in order, arrangeLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 792 · scan
- nomcustom, law; that which is assignedLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 535 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘to put in order, arrange’ + ‘custom, law’ → taxonomy
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- tax — Greek τάσσω; τάξις “to put in order, arrange” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- nom — Greek νόμος “custom, law; that which is assigned” (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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek τάσσω; τάξις ‘to put in order, arrange’ + Greek νόμος ‘custom, law; that which is assigned’.
Did you know (Greek taxis, arrangement,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τάσσω, p. 792 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek nomos, "custom,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry νόμος, p. 535 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ANOMALY, p. 25 · dictionary scan
Roots
- νόμος Greek “custom, law; that which is assigned”
- τάσσω; τάξις Greek “to put in order, arrange”
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