Etymology

ataxia

atax·ia
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Today it means: Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀταξία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀταξία“disorder”
  2. English todayataxia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀταξία (ataxía, “disorder”), derived from ἄτακτος (átaktos, “disorderly”). By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + tax- (“order”) + -ia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀταξία all →

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