English

hologenesis

Hologenesis comes from Italian ologenesi.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from holo + genesis

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’

Every English word from Italian ologenesi

noun A theory of evolution in which each species divides into two, only one of which develops successfully.

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