English

lymphotaxis

From lympho- + taxis.

Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη ‘bride, young girl’

Latin lympha ‘water, water nymph’

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 attraction to, or repulsion from lymphocytes

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

Etymograph / lymphotaxis