Etymograph

English

infomorph

From info- + -morph.

Formed from info + morph

Ancient Greek μορφή ‘form, shape’

English morph

The story

Coined in Charles Platt's 1991 novel The Silicon Man, where it refers to a single biological consciousness transferred into a computer.

Today it means

noun A virtual body of information that may possess emergent features such as personality.

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

Etymograph / infomorph