Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phylogenetic

/ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: phy-lo-ge-net-ic
IPA: /ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.

Example Sentences

"To each of these subdivisions of the phylum thus differentiated the name race may appropriately be restricted, and the sum of the peculiarities of each race may be termed race-characters. This is the phylogenetic side of anthropology, and its nomenclature should be kept clearly separate from that of the ethnological side."

Etymology

From phylo- + genetic, from German phylogenetisch, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, from Phylogenese + -isch.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phylo
Root: phylogenetisch
Suffix: Phylogenese

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/

Derived Forms

cophylogenetic ecophylogenetic geophylogenetic monophylogenetic nonphylogenetic phylogenetically prephylogenetic

Phrases

phylogenetic tree

Frequently Paired Words

phylogenetics phylogenesis phylogeny taxonomic

Synonyms

phyletic

Questions

How do you pronounce phylogenetic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/.
What does phylogenetic mean?: Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
Where does phylogenetic come from?: It is traced to German.

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