English

lithogenesis

From litho- + genesis.

Ancient Greek λῐ́θος ‘a stone’

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 formation of sedimentary rock.

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

Etymograph / lithogenesis