Phylogenie

German

Etymology

Coined by German zoologist and naturalist Ernst Haeckel in 1866.[1] 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

  • IPA(key): [fyloɡeˈniː]
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Noun

Phylogenie f (genitive Phylogenie, plural Phylogenien)

  1. (biology, systematics) phylogeny
    Synonyms: Phylogenese, Stammesgeschichte

Declension

Declension of Phylogenie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Phylogenie die Phylogenien
genitive einer der Phylogenie der Phylogenien
dative einer der Phylogenie den Phylogenien
accusative eine die Phylogenie die Phylogenien

Descendants

  • → English: phylogeny

References

  1. ^ Ernst Haeckel (1866), Generelle Morphologie der Organismen (in German), volume 1, Berlin: Verlag Georg Reimer, page 29: “Im sechsten Buche werden wir die Grundzüge dieser Phylogenie oder Entwicklungsgeschichte der organischen Stämme (Kreise oder "Typen") festzustellen haben. ― In the sixth book, we will have to establish the outlines of this phylogeny or history of the evolution of the organic phyla (groups or "types").”

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