Etymology

phylogeneticist

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Today it means: A geneticist whose speciality is phylogenetics Full definition →

English geneticist ← Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon) ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti
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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. Englishgeneticist
  7. English todayphylogeneticist

From phylo- + geneticist.

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