Etymology

biogeny

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German Biogenie
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biogeny · noun1

From bio- + -geny.

biogeny · noun2

  1. German · learned borrowing fromBiogenie
  2. English todaybiogeny

Learned borrowing from German Biogenie, itself from bio- + -genie; equivalent to bio- (“life”) + -geny (“origin”).

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