Where does “phylogenetic” come from?
Phylogenetic is derived from German phylogenetisch, formed with the suffix -isch from German phylo- and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -iskos.
phylogenetic (English): Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics;...
Definitions
- Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics;...
Ancestry of “phylogenetic”, step by step
phylogenetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German phylogenetisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | phylogenetisch | phylogenetic |
| 2 | German | Phylogenese | phylogenesis |
| 3 | German | phylo- | phylo |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |