syntax
/ˈsɪnˌtæks/SIN-taks
/ˈsɪnˌtæks/SIN-taks
Meaningan arranging together
Common meaning: the arrangement of words in sentences
- syntogether, at once
- taxto put in order, arrangeLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 792 · scan
‘together, at once’ + ‘to put in order, arrange’ → syntax
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek τάσσω; τάξις ‘to put in order, arrange’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τάσσω, p. 792 · dictionary scan
Roots
- τάσσω; τάξις Greek “to put in order, arrange”
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