English
ichnotaxobase
From ichno- + taxo- + base.
Formed from ichno- + taxo- + base
Ancient Greek ἴχνος ‘footprint’
English ichno-
Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to order, to establish, to rule’
Proto-Hellenic *tat͏̌t͏̌ō
Ancient Greek τᾰ́σσω ‘I arrange”, “I order’
Ancient Greek τάξις ‘arrangement, ordering’
English taxo-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come’
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Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς ‘stepping’
Latin basis ‘a pedestal’
Old French base
Middle English base ‘a foundation or base’
English base
Today it means
noun A morphological feature of a trace fossil that can be used in classification
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ichnotaxobase