cormophyly en · NOUN
Etymology
Simplified learned borrowing from German Cormophylogenie, itself from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós) + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós) + phylogeny to Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “tree-trunk”) + -phyly (“tribehood”). By surface analysis, cormo- + -phyly.
Meanings
- (historical, qualifier:theory of recapitulation, rare, uncountable) The direct study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Antonyms
Coordinates
blastophyly · organophyly · histophyly