Etymology

morphognosis

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Today it means: knowledge of the form of a specific class of things Full definition →

English gnosis ← Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tis
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  2. Englishmorpho-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  5. Ancient Greekγνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
  6. Englishgnosis
  7. English todaymorphognosis

From morpho- + gnosis.

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