Etymology

phylogenesis

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Today it means: Evolutionary development of a species. Full definition →

German Phylogenese
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  1. German · borrowed fromPhylogenese
  2. English todayphylogenesis

Borrowed from German Phylogenese, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. By surface analysis, phylo- + -genesis.

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