English

galvanotaxis

From galvano- + taxis.

Italian Galvano

Italian Galvani

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 The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current

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

Etymograph / galvanotaxis