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Etymology of the English word syntax

the English word syntax
derived from the French word syntaxe
derived from the Late Latin word syntaxis
derived from the Greek word suntaxis, σύνταξις
derived from the Greek word taxis, τάξις (order; regular arrangement; (in time) fixed succession (of rank or character), official dignity)
derived from the Greek word suntassein, συντάσσειν (to arrange jointly; to direct)
using the Greek prefix sun-, συν-
derived from the Greek word sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
derived from the Greek word tassein, τάσσω

Date

The earliest known usage of syntax in English dates from the 17th century.

Cognates

Dutch syntaxis, French syntaxe, German Syntax, Lithuanian sintakse, Norwegian syntaks, Russian cинтaкcиc, Swedish syntax

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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