English
ligamentotaxis
From ligament + -o- + taxis.
Formed from ligament + -o- + taxis
Latin ligō ‘tie, bind’
Latin ligāmentum
Middle English ligament ‘a ligament or similar connecting tissue’
English ligament
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 application of continuous force in order to bring parts of a fracture together and thus promote healing
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ligamentotaxis