English

gigaorder

From giga- + order.

Formed from giga- + order

Ancient Greek γίγας ‘giant’

English giga-

Proto-Italic *ordō ‘to arrange’

Latin ōrdinem ‘row, rank, regular arrangement’

Old French ordne ‘order, rank’

Middle English ordre

English order

Today it means

noun The highest taxon of order, above magnorder and below a class.

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Etymograph / gigaorder