phylogenesis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Phylogenese, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, from phylo- +‎ Genese.

Noun

phylogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural phylogeneses)

1. Evolutionary development of a species.

Synonyms

• phylogeny

Translations

evolutionary development of species

• Dutch: filogenese f
• Finnish: fylogeneesi, lajinkehitys
• French: phylogenèse (fr) f
• Irish: fíligineacht f
• Occitan: filogenèsi f
• Serbo-Croatian: filogèneza (sh) f

See also

• ontogenesis