Etymology

phylodynamics

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Today it means: the study of genetic variation in pathogens, and the affect of such variation on their transmission etc. Full definition →

English dynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  3. Ancient Greekφύω (phúō)
  4. Ancient Greekφῦλον (phûlon)
  5. Englishphylo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  8. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  9. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  10. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  11. Frenchdynamique
  12. Englishdynamic
  13. Englishdynamics
  14. English todayphylodynamics

From phylo- + dynamics.

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