Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phytogenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phy-to-ge-n-e-sis
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The origin and evolutionary development of plants.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The development of a plant from the embryo.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek φῠτός (phŭtós)nom. Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English phytogenesis From phyto- + -genesis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

phytogeneses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

phytogenetic phytogenetical phytogenetically phytogeny

Questions

What does phytogenesis mean?: The origin and evolutionary development of plants.
Where does phytogenesis come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek φῠτός (phŭtós)nom. Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English phytogenesis From phyto- + -genesis.

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