Where does “eogenesis” come from?
eogenesis (English) comes from English eo-, from English anthropo-, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
eogenesis (English): An early stage of diagenesis close to the deposition environment, where original liquid is still in contact with the sediment
Definitions
- An early stage of diagenesis close to the deposition environment, where original liquid is still in contact with the sediment
Ancestry of “eogenesis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eo- | earliest |
| 2 | English | anthropo- | Forming words related to men or people |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.) |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |