English
phenotype
From pheno- + -type, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”) + τύπος (túpos, “mark, type”).
A compound of φαίνω ‘to shine, to show, to appear’ + τύπος ‘mark, type’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-n-yé-ti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to shine, to show, to appear’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, beat’
Ancient Greek τῠ́πτω ‘to poke, beat’
Ancient Greek τύπος ‘mark, type’
Today it means
noun The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / phenotype