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Palingenesia

//ˌpæ.lɪn.d͡ʒɪˈniːzɪ.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Rebirth; regeneration. countable, uncountable

    "All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew, and so, in endless palingenesia, lives and works."

Etymology

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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