English
phylum
Phylum comes from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον ‘tribe, race’, 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 BCEφῦλονphûlon‘tribe, race’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEphylum
- Englishearliest quotation 1995same form
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 BCEφῦλονphûlon‘tribe, race’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEphylum
- Englishearliest quotation 1995same form
Earliest quotation: 1995, Natalie Angier, Flyspeck on a Lobster Lip Turns Biology on Its Ear: “While biologists are perpetually finding new species, they can…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, grow’
be, been, power, possible, future, present, build, improve, presence, essential, bond, physical, bush, bound, absence, contribution, entity, booth, approve, probability, absent, favorable, physician, distribute, contributor, fiat, bun, favourable, bouquet, retribution, attribution, imp, rebuke, impotent, impossibility, bower, aren, beamer, bosque, approbation, 84 more
through Ancient Greek φῦλον ‘tribe, race’
Today it means
noun 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
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / phylum