Where does “orthogenic” come from?

orthogenic (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.

orthogenic (English): Relating to orthogenesis; Relating to a school or...

Definitions

  1. Relating to orthogenesis; Relating to a school or...

Ancestry of “orthogenic”, step by step

orthogenic traces back through two 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 ortho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorthoAn isomer of a benzene derivative having two...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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