Etymology

epeirogenesis

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Today it means: Formation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of earth's crust. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἤπειρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἤπειρος“land”
  2. English todayepeirogenesis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “land”) + -genesis.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἤπειρος all →

Epirusepeiric

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