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Syntax

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the arrangement of words and phrases to form well-structured sentences
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Stage 1 of 2
syntaxis
Greek · ancient
"an arrangement together"
an arrangement together, from syn- (together) and tassein (to arrange)
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Stage 2 of 2
syntax
English · 1600s
"the arrangement of words to form sentences"
settled as the English word for the arrangement of words in a sentence
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