Synonyms & related words for polyphyletic

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Words related to polyphyletic

Explore words related to polyphyletic — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include monophyletic, monophyly, cladistics, cladist, phyletic, cladism, taxon, cladogram. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does polyphyletic come from?

The word polyphyletic breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: poly-, from Greek polys (“many”); phyl, from Greek phylon (“tribe, race, stock”); and -etic, from Greek etikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.