cacogenesis etymology

English word cacogenesis comes from English -genesis (Origin. Production.), English caco- (Bad, defective.)

Detailed word origin of cacogenesis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-genesis English (eng) Origin. Production.
caco- English (eng) Bad, defective.
cacogenesis English (eng) (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.

Words with the same origin as cacogenesis

Descendants of -genesis
aerogenesis amyloidogenesis androgenesis baryogenesis carcinomagenesis cementogenesis digenetic dysgenesis embryogenesis enteropathogenesis hadrogenesis hematogenesis hepatogenesis mitogenesis monogenesis nephrogenesis neurogenesis noegenesis organogenesis orthogenesis osteogenesis parthenogenesis retinogenesis virogenesis
Descendants of caco-
cacodemoniac cacodoxy cacoethics cacogastric cacographic cacography cacology cacophobia cacotrophy