Etymograph

English

anagenesis

From ana- + -genesis.

Formed from ana + genesis

Latin

English ana

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’

Proto-Hellenic *génetis ‘origin, source’

Ancient Greek γένεσις ‘origin, source, beginning’

Latin genesis ‘generation, nativity’

English genesis

Today it means

noun The evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces the old rather than branching to produce an additional species.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / anagenesis