genesis
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
genesis /ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
▶noun the origin or mode of formation of something.
■ (Genesis) the first book of the Bible, which includes the story of the creation of the world.
– origin OE, via L. from Gk, ‘generation, creation’, from the base of gignesthai ‘be born or produced’.
'genesis' also found in these Oxford entries:
abiogenesis
- Cain
- Gen.
- genetic
- Heptateuch
- ontogenesis
- palingenesis
- parthenogenesis
- Pentateuch
- phylogenesis
