English

adipotaxis

From adipo- + taxis.

Latin adeps ‘fat, lard, grease’

Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to order, to establish, to rule’

Proto-Hellenic *tat͏̌t͏̌ō

Ancient Greek τᾰ́σσω ‘I arrange”, “I order’

Ancient Greek τάξις ‘arrangement, order’

English taxis

Today it means

noun migration towards adipose tissue

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / adipotaxis