Before revision: The word "tectology" was developed by Ernst Haeckel,Originally the term denoted "a branch of morphology that regards an organism as made up of other organisms" (from Greek τέκτων, tektōn "builder").
After revision: The word "tectology" was introduced by Ernst Haeckel,Originally the term denoted "a branch of morphology that regards an organism as made up of other organisms" (from Greek τέκτων, tektōn "builder").