Etymograph

English

palingenesia

Palingenesia comes from Late Latin palingenesia ‘rebirth’, from Ancient Greek πᾰ́λῐν ‘again, anew, once more’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to beget’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷel-1‘to turn’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾰ́λῐν1pắlĭn‘again, anew, once more’
  4. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEπαλιγγενεσία1palingenesía‘rebirth’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpalingenesia1‘rebirth’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1832palingenesia1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English palingenesia
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1832, Thomas Carlyle, Boswell’s Life of Johnson: “All work is as seed sown; it grows and…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, English palingenesia‘to beget’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷel-Wiktionary, English palingenesia‘to turn’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾰ́λῐνWiktionary, English palingenesiapắlĭn‘again, anew, once more’
  4. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEπαλιγγενεσίαWiktionary, English palingenesiapalingenesía‘rebirth’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpalingenesiaWiktionary, English palingenesia‘rebirth’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1832palingenesiaWiktionary, English palingenesia. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1832, Thomas Carlyle, Boswell’s Life of Johnson: “All work is as seed sown; it grows and…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’

kind, nature, general, nation, king, german, native, pregnant, generation, gender, engine, genius, ken, oxygen, genetic, gentle, genre, gene, genuine, indigenous, naive, hydrogen, genocide, noel, kin, genus, innate, natal, nativity, nada, germ, genital, nee, janata, nascent, ingenious, puny, gentile, cognate, gens, 111 more

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn’

cycle, pole, polar, columnist, loaf, bazaar, pulley, accolade, bucolic, 7 more

Today it means

noun Rebirth; regeneration.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “palingenesia”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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