phylogenesis
‘birth of a species’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. philogenesis <phylo- < Gk. phylon, phylē + -genesis ‘birth, creation, generation’ < Gk. genesis ‘origin, creation, generation’ < gignesthai ‘to be born,’ related to genos ‘race, birth, descent’ < jehn < gene- < Tamil īṉ