English

glottogenesis

From glotto- + genesis.

Ancient Greek γλῶττα ‘tongue’

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’

Today it means

noun The development of speech.

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

Etymograph / glottogenesis