The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφῦλον“race, tribe”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromphȳlon
- English todayphylon
From Late Latin phȳlon (a synonym of tribus, whence the English tribe), from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race, tribe”), whence the English phylum.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφῦλον all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.