Etymology

PhyloCode

P3H4Y4L1O1C3O1D2E1

Today it means: A draft code of formal nomenclature intended to allow naming phylogenetic groups, of all living things, rather than taxonomic groups (taxa). Officially, such names are intended to supplement scientific names rather than replace them. Full definition →

English code ← Middle English code ← Old French code
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  3. Ancient Greekφύω (phúō)
  4. Ancient Greekφῦλον (phûlon)
  5. Englishphylo-
  6. Latincaudex
  7. Latincōdex
  8. Old Frenchcode
  9. Middle Englishcode
  10. Englishcode
  11. English todayPhyloCode

From phylo- + code.

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