Etymology

monophylum

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Today it means: A hierarchical group of organisms including an ancestor species and all its descendants Full definition →

English phylum ← Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Englishphylum
  5. English todaymonophylum

From mono- + phylum.

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