subphylum

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

English phylum

English subphylum

From sub- + phylum.

Noun

subphylum (plural subphyla or (nonstandard) subphylums)

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category below phylum and above class

Translations

taxonomic category below phylum and above class

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞門 / 亚门 (zh) (yàmén)

• Finnish: alajakso (fauna), alakaari (flora, fungi)
• French: sous-phylum (fr) m
• German: Unterstamm (de) m, Subphylum (de) n
• Greek: υποφύλο (el) n (ypofýlo), υποσυνομοταξία (el) f (yposynomotaxía)
• Icelandic: undirfylking f
• Japanese: 亜門 (ja) (あもん, amon)
• Polish: podtyp (pl) m
• Portuguese: subfilo m
• Swedish: underfylum (sv) n, understam (sv) c
• Tagalog: kubsanghay

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti

Ancient Greek φύω (phúō)

Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon)lbor.

Latin phȳlum

Latin subphȳlum

From sub- + phȳlum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊpˈpʰyː.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [subˈfiː.lum]

Noun

subphȳlum n (genitive subphȳlī); second declension

1. (New Latin) subphylum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	subphȳlum	subphȳla
genitive	subphȳlī	subphȳlōrum
dative	subphȳlō	subphȳlīs
accusative	subphȳlum	subphȳla
ablative	subphȳlō	subphȳlīs
vocative	subphȳlum	subphȳla