Etymology

cormogeny

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Today it means: The study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny. Full definition →

German Cormogenie
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  1. German · learned borrowing fromCormogenie
  2. English todaycormogeny

Learned borrowing from German Cormogenie, itself from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós) + -genie; equivalent to Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “tree-trunk”) + -geny (“origin”). By surface analysis, cormo- + -geny.

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