polyphyletic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English phyletic

English polyphyletic

From poly- + phyletic.

Adjective

polyphyletic (comparative more polyphyletic, superlative most polyphyletic)

1. (taxonomy) Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.

   Synonym: pleophyletic

Derived terms

• polyphyletically

Related terms

• monophyletic
• paraphyletic

Translations

having multiple ancestral sources

• Dutch: polyfyletisch (nl)
• Finnish: polyfyleettinen (fi)
• German: polyphyletisch (de)
• Ido: polifiletika (io)
• Vietnamese: đa ngành