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单词 autogony
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autogonyn.

Brit. /ɔːˈtɒɡəni/, U.S. /ˌɔˈtɑɡəni/, /ˌɑˈtɑɡəni/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek αὐτόγονος , -y suffix3.
Etymology: < Byzantine Greek αὐτόγονος self-produced ( < ancient Greek αὐτο- auto- comb. form1 + -γονος < an ablaut variant (o -grade) of the Indo-European base of ancient Greek γίγνεσθαι to be born: see genesis n.) + -y suffix3, after German Autogonie ( Haeckel Generelle Morphologie der Organismen (1866) I. vi. 169).
Biology. Now chiefly historical.
The coming into being of living organisms from non-living matter; spontaneous generation. Cf. autogeny n. 2.
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spontaneous generation1656
equivocal generation1658
heterogeny1863
autogeny1867
abiogenesis1870
autogony1870
archebiosis1872
abiogeny1874
archigony1876
plasmogeny1876
plasmogony1904
biopoesis1953
1870 Proc. Linn. Soc. 1867–8 p. lxix, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 10 As to the question of the autogony, spontaneous generation, or original formation of simple organisms out of inorganic matter..the whole appears to me to be so purely speculative..that [etc.].
1904 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Wonders of Life xv. 369 I distinguished two principal stages—autogony [Ger. Autogonie] (the formation of the first living matter from inorganic nitrogenous carbon-compounds) and plasmogony [Ger. Plasmogonie] (the formation of the first individualised plasm; the earliest organic individuals in the form of monera).
2001 F. Raulin-Cerceau in J. Chela-Flores et al. First Steps Origin Life Universe 41 The primordial Monera arose by autogony as a result of forces inherent in matter present in primeval seas.
2004 F. Raulin-Cerceau in J. Seckbach Origins i. 22 This discovery seemed to consolidate the possibility of a present-day life emergence from chemical elements by autogony in very deep oceans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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