Etymology

apomorphic

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Today it means: Of a characteristic, distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor. Full definition →

English apomorphy ← Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *apó
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Hellenic*apó
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)
  6. Englishapo-
  7. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  8. Englishapomorphy
  9. English todayapomorphic

From apomorphy + -ic.

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