abiogenesis
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abiogenesis
- /ˌeɪbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/ UK
- /-ˌbaɪə-/ UK
- /-ˌbiːə-/ UK
- /-ˌbiːoʊ-/ UK
- /-nɪ-/ UK
- /ˌeɪˌbaioʊˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/ US
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not-”, the alpha privative) + βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source; manner of birth; creation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”)); equivalent to abio- + genesis. The words biogenesis and abiogenesis were both coined by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) in 1870 (see the quotation).
noun abiogeneses
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The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
And thus the hypothesis that living matter always arises by the agency of pre-existing living matter, took definite shape; […] It will be necessary for me to refer to this hypothesis so frequently, that, to save circumlocution, I shall call it the hypothesis of Biogenesis; and I shall term the contr
Similar: abiogeny, biopoiesis, origin of life · Opposite: biogenesis, transformism
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noun origination of living organisms from lifeless matter
| Español | abiogénesis, autogénesis, generación espontánea |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 생명기원 saengmyeonggiwon |
| 日本語 | 自然発生説 shizenhasseisetsu |
| 中文 | 無生源說 /无生源说 wúshēngyuánshuō |
| हिन्दी | अजीवात् जीवोत्पत्ति ajīvāt jīvotpatti |
| Français | abiogenèse |
| Deutsch | Abiogenesis, Abiogenese |
| Italiano | abiogenesi, archeobiosi, autogonia |
| Ελληνικά | αβιογένεση aviogénesi |
| Română | abiogeneză |
| Русский | абиогене́з abiogenéz |
| Tiếng Việt | sự phát sinh tự nhiên |
| العربية | تولد تلقائي |
| עברית | אביוגנזה |
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title = {abiogenesis},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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