Taxis

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mid 18th century (in taxis (sense 1)): from Greek, literally ‘arrangement’, from tassein ‘arrange’. taxis (sense 2) dates from the late 19th century.


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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις(táxis, “arrangment, order”). 

See taxi.


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taxis (n.)

"operation whereby displaced parts are put back in their natural situation," 1758, medical Latin, from Greek taxis "arrangement, an arranging, the order or disposition of an army, battle array; order, regularity," verbal noun of tassein "arrange," from PIE root *tag- "to touch, handle."