Etymology

ataxy

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Today it means: ataxia Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀταξία
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The story

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

Variant of ataxia, from Ancient Greek ἀταξία (ataxía, “disorder”). By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + tax- (“order”) + -y.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀταξία all →

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