Meanings
adjectiveabiogenous (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyProduced by spontaneous generation.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
- Proto-Hellenic*génetis
- Ancient Greekγένεσις (génesis)
- Englishabiogenesis
- Englishabiogenetic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishabiogenous
From abiogenetic + -ous.
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