English
anthotaxy
Anthotaxy comes from Ancient Greek τάξις ‘arrangement, order’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to order, to establish, to rule’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tat͏̌t͏̌ōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτᾰ́σσω‘I arrange”, “I order’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτάξις‘arrangement, order’
- Englishtodayanthotaxy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to order, to establish, to rule’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tat͏̌t͏̌ōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτᾰ́σσω‘I arrange”, “I order’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτάξις‘arrangement, order’
- Englishtodayanthotaxy
Formed from antho- ‘flower’ + τάξις ‘arrangement, order’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ- ‘to bloom’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos ‘bloom’
Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos ‘flower, blossom’
Ancient Greek ἄνθος ‘flower’
English antho-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to order, to establish, to rule’
contact, taste, integrity, integrate, contingent, attain, tame, tangible, contiguous, tactile, tact, talon, taxonomy, contagion, tangent, contaminate, talus, thwack, 28 more
through Proto-Hellenic *tat͏̌t͏̌ō
tama, tactician, ataxia, 7 more
through Ancient Greek τάξις ‘arrangement, order’
Today it means
noun The arrangement of flowers such as a cluster, inflorescence, or solitary flower; the relative position of flowers on a plant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- / anthotaxy