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· Ancient Greek
φυλή
2 English words descend from Ancient Greek
φυλή
, most common first.
homophyly
That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
-phyly
Tribehood.