Etymology

abiogenous

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Today it means: Produced by spontaneous generation. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English abiogenetic ← Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  6. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
  9. Proto-Hellenic*génetis
  10. Ancient Greekγένεσις (génesis)
  11. Englishabiogenesis
  12. Englishabiogenetic
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  15. English todayabiogenous

From abiogenetic + -ous.

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