Meanings
nounphylogeography (countable and uncountable, plural phylogeographies)
plural phylogeographies
- countableuncountableevolutionary theoryThe study of the processes controlling the geographic distributions of lineages by constructing the genealogies of populations and genes
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
- Ancient Greekφύω (phúō)
- Ancient Greekφῦλον (phûlon)
- Englishphylo-
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)
- Latingeōgraphia
- Middle Frenchgéographie
- Englishgeography
- Englishphylogeography
Translations
Portuguese filogeografia
- filogeografiathe study of geographic distributions of lineages
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phylogeography
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
phylogeography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogeography
MLA
“phylogeography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogeography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phylogeography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogeography.
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