Etymograph

English

cormogeny

Cormogeny comes from German Cormogenie, from Ancient Greek κορμός ‘trunk of a tree’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kormósreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορμός‘trunk of a tree’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentCormogenie
  5. Englishtodaycormogeny

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kormósreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορμός‘trunk of a tree’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentCormogenie
  5. Englishtodaycormogeny

Formed from κορμός + -geny

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’

across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, shirt, circle, circuit, score, crucial, curve, scare, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, shrine, crest, scrutiny, circa, shear, incarceration, shred, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, carnage, shrewd, coronary, corona, crux, scorpion, shard, carnal, cirque, 119 more

Today it means

noun The study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / cormogeny

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