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histophyly
Histophyly comes from German Histophylogenie, from Phylogenie ‘phylogeny’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, grow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, grow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-lomreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφῡλήphūlḗ‘tribe’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφῦλον‘tribe, genus, species’
- Germanc. 1650–presentPhylogenie‘phylogeny’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentHistophylogenie
- Englishtodayhistophyly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, grow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-lomreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφῡλήphūlḗ‘tribe’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφῦλον‘tribe, genus, species’
- Germanc. 1650–presentPhylogenie‘phylogeny’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentHistophylogenie
- Englishtodayhistophyly
The story
Simplified learned borrowing from German Histophylogenie, itself from histo- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of histo- + phylogeny to histo- (‘biological tissue’) + -phyly (‘tribehood’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, grow’
be, been, power, possible, future, present, build, improve, presence, physical, essential, bond, bush, bound, absence, contribution, entity, booth, approve, probability, absent, physician, favorable, fiat, contributor, bun, favourable, distribute, bouquet, retribution, attribution, imp, rebuke, impotent, impossibility, bower, aren, beamer, bosque, approbation, 83 more
through Ancient Greek φῦλον ‘tribe, genus, species’
through German Phylogenie ‘phylogeny’
Today it means
noun The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / histophyly