English
Neo-Lamarckism
From neo- + Lamarckism.
Formed from neo- + Lamarckism
Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’
Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’
Proto-Hellenic *néwos ‘new’
Ancient Greek νέος ‘young’
English neo-
Today it means
noun Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by later biologists, especially as maintaining that the offspring inherits traits acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.
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