palingenesia

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵenh₁-“to beget; to give birth; to produce”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷel-“to turn (end-over-end); to revolve around; to dwell, sojourn”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπᾰ́λῐν“again, anew, once more”
4. Koine Greek · derived fromπαλιγγενεσία“rebirth”
5. Late Latin · learned borrowing frompalingenesia“rebirth; regeneration”
6. English todaypalingenesia

Learned borrowing from Late Latin palingenesia (“rebirth; regeneration”), from Koine Greek παλιγγενεσία (palingenesía, “rebirth”), from Ancient Greek πᾰ́λῐν (pắlĭn, “again, anew, once more”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn (end-over-end); to revolve around; to dwell, sojourn”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “creation; manner of birth; origin, source”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

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