English

morphogenesis

From morpho- + -genesis.

Ancient Greek μορφώ ‘the Shapely One’

Translingual Morpho

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 differentiation of tissues and subsequent growth of structures in an organism

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

Etymograph / morphogenesis