Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

germ history

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: ger-m his-to-ry
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ontogeny, specifically as a supposed recapitulation of phylogeny.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Keimesgeschichte, from Keim (“germ”) + Geschichte (“history”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

germ histories (plural) germ-history (alternative)

Antonyms

tribal history

Questions

What does germ history mean?: Ontogeny, specifically as a supposed recapitulation of phylogeny.
Where does germ history come from?: Calque of German Keimesgeschichte, from Keim (“germ”) + Geschichte (“history”).

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