tact- root words — words with the tact- root

The root tact- comes from Greek tassein, meaning to arrange. 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including aerotaxis, asyntactic, atactic, chemotactic, paratactic, phototactic. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the tact- root

Explore words with tact- — words containing the tact- root and sharing its sense of "to arrange". Examples include aerotaxis, asyntactic, atactic, chemotactic, paratactic, phototactic. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does tact- mean?

The tact- root means to arrange, from Greek tassein. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.