combining form of Gr. κορμό-ς trunk of a tree, stem, taken as the basis of terms (chiefly proposed by Haeckel) referring to the evolution, etc., of races or social aggregates: as Cormogeny [Gr. -γενεια descent], that branch of ontogeny which deals with the germ-history of races (or social aggregates: families, communities, etc.). Cormophyly [Gr. φυλή, φῦλον set of men, tribe, race], that branch of phylogeny which deals with the tribal history of races. Also Cormology, ‘the anatomy of the cormus’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1879. trans. Haeckel’s Evol. Man, I. 24. Germ-history of races (or of social aggregates composed of persons: families, communities, states, etc.) Cormogeny. Ibid. Tribal history of races (or of social aggregates composed of persons: families, communities, states, etc.) Cormophyly.
