-taxy

combining form in countable noun

a variant of -taxis

-taxis or -taxy

combining form in countable noun

indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus

⇒ thermotaxis

order or arrangement

⇒ phyllotaxis

Derived Forms

-tactic, -taxic combining form in adjective

Origin

from New Latin, from Greek taxis order

-taxy

Word Origin

variant of -taxis:

heterotaxy.

Origin

< Greek -taxia. See taxis¹, -y³

Related Words

-taxis
chaetotaxy
pleiotaxy

-taxyvariant of -taxis, as in heterotaxy.

-taxy
noun combining form

ETYMOLOGY Greek -taxia, from taktos, verbal of tassein to arrange

: -taxis
epitaxy

-taxycomb. element, ad. Gr. -ταξια, f. τάξις arrangement, order; as in ataxy, phyllotaxy.

-taxy /taksi/ suffix.

ORIGIN: from Greek -taxia, taxis arrangement, order.

Forming nouns with the sense ‘arrangement or order’, as epitaxy, heterotaxy, meiotaxy. Cf. -taxis.

-taxy
\ˈtaksē, -si\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: Greek -taxia, from taktos (verbal of tassein to arrange, order) + -ia -y — more at tactics
: -taxis
< epitaxy >
< pleiotaxy >

词汇	-taxy
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD OED SOED Webster -taxy suff.（后缀） Order; arrangement: 次序；排列： phyllotaxy. 叶序语源 Greek -taxia 希腊语 -taxia from taktos [arranged] * see taxis 源自 taktos [排列的] 参见 taxis* -taxy combining form in countable noun a variant of -taxis -taxis or -taxy combining form in countable noun indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus ⇒ thermotaxis order or arrangement ⇒ phyllotaxis Derived Forms -tactic, -taxic combining form in adjective Origin from New Latin, from Greek taxis order -taxy Word Origin 1 variant of -taxis: heterotaxy. Origin < Greek -taxia. See taxis¹, -y³ Related Words -taxis chaetotaxy pleiotaxy -taxyvariant of -taxis, as in heterotaxy. -taxy noun combining form ETYMOLOGY Greek -taxia, from taktos, verbal of tassein to arrange : -taxis epitaxy -taxycomb. element, ad. Gr. -ταξια, f. τάξις arrangement, order; as in ataxy, phyllotaxy. -taxy /taksi/ suffix. ORIGIN: from Greek -taxia, taxis arrangement, order. Forming nouns with the sense ‘arrangement or order’, as epitaxy, heterotaxy, meiotaxy. Cf. -taxis. -taxy \ˈtaksē, -si\ noun combining form (-es) Etymology: Greek -taxia, from taktos (verbal of tassein to arrange, order) + -ia -y — more at tactics : -taxis < epitaxy > < pleiotaxy >
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