different between phylum vs phylogeny

English

Etymology

From Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek ????? (phûlon, “tribe, race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?l?m/

Noun

phylum (plural phyla or phylums)

1. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
2. (linguistics) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.

   Synonym: superstock

Derived terms

• subphylum
• superphylum

Related terms

• phylo-
• phylon

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (phûlon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?p?y.lum/, [?p???????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fi.lum/, [?fi?lum]

Noun

phylum n (genitive phyl?); second declension

1. phylum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as if borrowed from a Classic Greek word ?????????? (phulogéneia), composed from Ancient Greek ????? (phûlon, “tribe, genus, species”) + Ancient Greek -?????? (-géneia, “-geny (generation, production)”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fa??l?d??ni/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /fa??l?d??ni/

Noun

phylogeny (countable and uncountable, plural phylogenies)

1. (systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
2. (systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
3. The historical development of a human social or racial group.

   Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.

4. The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
   • 2010, The Journey of Child Development ?ISBN:

     Indeed, in a recent review article, Mithen (2009) traces the phylogeny of human communication […]

Synonyms

• phylogenesis

Derived terms

• cophylogeny
• geophylogeny
• macrophylogeny
• ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

Related terms

• phylogenetics
• phylogenic

Translations

See also

• ontogeny

Further reading

• phylogeny in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.