phylogeny
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as if borrowed from a Classic Greek word φυλογένεια (phulogéneia), composed from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, genus, species”) + Ancient Greek -γένεια (-géneia, “-geny (generation, production)”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /faɪˈlɒdʒəni/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /faɪˈlɑdʒəni/
Noun
phylogeny (countable and uncountable, plural phylogenies)
- (systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
- (systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
- The historical development of a human social or racial group.
- Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
- The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
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- Indeed, in a recent review article, Mithen (2009) traces the phylogeny of human communication […]
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Synonyms
- phylogenesis
Derived terms
- cophylogeny
- geophylogeny
- macrophylogeny
- ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
Related terms
- phylogenetics
- phylogenic
Translations
evolutionary history of an organism
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See also
- ontogeny
Further reading
- phylogeny in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.