Etymology

phytophenomenology

Today it means: The interdisciplinary study of plant intelligence, drawing on phenomenology, botany and population ecology. Full definition →

English phenomenology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  3. Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
  4. Ancient Greekφῠτός (phŭtós)
  5. Ancient Greekφῠτόν (phŭtón)
  6. Englishphyto-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  10. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  11. Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
  12. Late Latinphaenomenon
  13. Englishphenomenon
  14. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  17. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  18. Englishphenomenology
  19. English todayphytophenomenology

Coined by Ikerbasque philosopher Michael Marder in 2012, from phyto- + phenomenology

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