Where does “cladística” come from?

cladística (Catalan) comes from English cladistics, from English clade, from Ancient Greek κλάδος, from Proto-Indo-European kl̥h₂dos, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- — to beat; to break.

cladística (Catalan): cladistics

Definitions

  1. cladistics

Ancestry of “cladística”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcladisticsAn approach to biological systematics in which...
2EnglishcladeA group of animals or other organisms derived...
3Ancient Greekκλάδοςyoung slip or shoot of a tree, such as is broken...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥h₂dos
5Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₂-to beat; to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kl̥h₂dosEvery word from Ancient Greek κλάδος
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