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Where does “thanatogenetic” come from?

thanatogenetic (English) comes from English thanato, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

thanatogenetic (English): Rousing death

Definitions

  1. Rousing death

Ancestry of “thanatogenetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishthanato—
2Ancient GreekΘάνατος—
3Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
4Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →