Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Rebirth; regeneration.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin palingenesia (“rebirth; regeneration”), from Koine Greek

Learned borrowing from Late Latin palingenesia (“rebirth; regeneration”), from Koine Greek παλιγγενεσία (palingenesía, “rebirth”), from Ancient Greek πᾰ́λῐν (pắlĭn, “again, anew, once more”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn (end-over-end); to revolve around; to dwell, sojourn”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “creation; manner of birth; origin, source”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

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Forms

plural: palingenesias
Singularpalingenesia
Pluralpalingenesias

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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