Etymology

dyspraxia

dys·prax·ia
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Today it means: A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body during the planning and execution of motor movements. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis) ← Proto-Hellenic *prā́t͏̌t͏̌ō ← Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dus-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dus-
  4. Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
  5. New Latindys-
  6. Englishdys-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*prā́t͏̌t͏̌ō
  10. Ancient Greekπρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)
  11. Ancient Greekπρᾶξις (prâxis)
  12. English todaydyspraxia

From dys- + -praxia.

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