English
ataxy
Ataxy comes from Ancient Greek ἀταξία ‘disorder’, from τάσσω ‘draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal’, and ultimately from 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 BCEτάσσω‘draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄτακτος‘undisciplined, disorderly’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀταξίαataxía‘disorder’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1640ataxy
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 BCEτάσσω‘draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄτακτος‘undisciplined, disorderly’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀταξίαataxía‘disorder’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1640ataxy
Earliest quotation: c. 1640, Joseph Hall: “Neither is there any Ataxy to be feared ,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to order, to establish, to rule’
contact, taste, integrity, contingent, integrate, tangible, tame, contiguous, attain, tangent, tactile, contagion, tact, talon, taxonomy, contaminate, talus, thwack, 28 more
through Proto-Hellenic *tat͏̌t͏̌ō
through Ancient Greek τάσσω ‘draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal’
through Ancient Greek ἀταξία ‘disorder’
Today it means
noun ataxia
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- / ataxy