English
genometastasis
From geno- + metastasis.
Formed from geno- + metastasis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’
Ancient Greek γέννα ‘descent, lineage’
Ancient Greek γεννάω ‘to produce’
Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, kind’
English geno-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
Koine Greek στᾰ́σῐς ‘condition, state’
Koine Greek μετάστασις ‘(rhetoric) rapid or sudden transition from…’
Late Latin metastasis ‘(rhetoric) rapid or sudden transition from…’
English metastasis
Today it means
noun metastasis via the hypothetical transfer of DNA, via the blood, from infected cells to remote cells
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / genometastasis