Etymology

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Ancient Greek τάξις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτάξις“arrangement”
  2. English todaytaxology

From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”) + -logy. Analyzable as taxo- + -logy.

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