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anthropogeny (n.)[anthropogeny 词源字典]: 1833, from anthropo- + geny.[anthropogeny etymology, anthropogeny origin, 英语词源]
biogeny (n.): 1870, "biogenesis;" see biogenic. As "history of the evolution of an organism," 1879.
-geny: word-forming element meaning "genesis, origin, mode of production," forming corresponding abstract nouns to words in -gen, from French -génie and Modern Latin -genia, from Greek -geneia, from -genes "born, produced," the form in compounds of genos (see genus).
homogeny (n.): 1620s, "uniformity of nature;" by 1856 in biological sense, from Greek homogeneia "community of origin," from homogene "of the same race or kind" (see homogeneous).
monogeny (n.): "theory that humankind originated from a single pair of ancestors," 1865; see mono- + -geny.
ontogeny (n.): "development of an individual," 1872, from onto- + -geny. Related: Ontogenic; ontogenesis.
orogeny (n.): "mountain forming," 1890, from French orogénie; see oro- + -geny. Related: Orogenic.
phylogeny (n.): "genesis and evolution of a phylum," 1869, from German Phylogenie, coined 1866 by German biologist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) from Greek phylon "race" (see phylo-) + -geneia "origin," from -genes "born" (see genus). Related: Phylogenic.
progeny (n.): early 14c., from Old French progenie (13c.) and directly from Latin progenies "descendants, offspring, lineage, race, family," from stem of progignere "beget," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + gignere "to produce, beget" (see genus).
teratogeny (n.): "the production of monsters," 1855, from terato- + -geny. Related: Teratogenesis.
epeirogeny: "The regional uplift of an extensive area of the earth’s crust", Late 19th century: from Greek ēpeiros 'mainland' + -geny.
petrogeny: "= petrogenesis. Frequently in petrogeny's residua system, a liquid system consisting of the molten oxides of aluminium, sodium, potassium, and silicon which are the chief components of igneous rocks", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Jethro Teall (1849–1924), geologist. From petro- + -geny.