tribal history

noun

Phylogeny.

Opposite
germ history
OriginGerman Stammesgeschichte →
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Meanings

nountribal history (countable and uncountable, plural tribal histories)

plural tribal histories

  1. countablehistoricalrareuncountabletheory of recapitulationbiologyPhylogeny.

    Antonyms: germ history

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPhylogeny.

Opposite
germ history

Origin

  1. GermanStammesgeschichte
  2. Englishtribal history

An overly literal learned borrowing from German Stammesgeschichte; ordinarily, Stamm would only be translated as tribe when used in its ethnographic sense.

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APA

tribal history. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tribal%20history

MLA

“tribal history.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tribal%20history. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tribal history,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tribal%20history.

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