Etymograph

English

protogenesis

From proto- + -genesis.

Formed from proto + 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’

English genesis

Today it means

noun abiogenesis

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

Etymograph / protogenesis