myEtymology.com: English etymology of cosmogony

Etymology of the English word cosmogony

the English word cosmogony

derived from the Greek word kosmogonia, κοσμογονία

using the Greek prefix cosmo-

derived from the Greek word gonos, γόνος (offspring)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-

derived from the Greek word kosmos, κόσμος (orderly arrangement; decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)))

using the Greek suffix -gonia, -γονία

using the Greek prefix gon-, γον-

Date

The earliest known usage of cosmogony in English dates from the 17th century.

Usage

Word found in Modern English