Where does “ontogenic” come from?

ontogenic (English) comes from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

ontogenic (English): ontogenetic

Definitions

  1. ontogenetic

Ancestry of “ontogenic”, step by step

ontogenic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English genic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English onto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishontoUpon; on top of; Aware of; Being an onto function...
2EnglishtoA particle used for marking the following verb as...
3Middle Englishtotoe; to; too
4Middle Englishtonethe one
5LatintonusThe stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;...
6Ancient Greekτόνοςrope, cord; chord; tone, note
7Proto-Hellenictónosrope, cord; tension
8Proto-Indo-Europeantónossomething stretched; chord, fiber, string
9Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via French ontogénique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchontogéniqueontogenic

Words derived from “ontogenic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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