germ history

noun

Etymology

Calque of German Keimesgeschichte, from Keim (“germ”) + Geschichte (“history”).

  1. derived from Keimesgeschichte

Definitions

  1. Ontogeny, specifically as a supposed recapitulation of phylogeny.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for germ history. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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