The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφῦλον“tribe, race”
- Latin · borrowed fromphylum
- English todayphylum
From Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
phylum
Today it means: A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank Full definition →
Latin phylum ← Ancient Greek φῦλον