taxonomy

noun

practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification

a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

Roots

taxistaxo- · Greek · arrangement, order nomos-nomy · Greek · law

Synonyms for taxonomy

biosystematicsn categorizationn systematicsn classificationn nomenclaturen phylumn genusn zootaxyadj

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Where does taxonomy come from?

The word taxonomy breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: taxo-, from Greek taxis (“arrangement, order”); and -nomy, from Greek nomos (“law”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.