Etymology

phylon

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Today it means: All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade. Full definition →

Late Latin phȳlon ← Ancient Greek φῦλον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφῦλον“race, tribe”
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromphȳlon
  3. 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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