An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

The fabrication of a stable, enduring → ecosystem on a lifeless planet. It is the last stage of a → terraforming process.

From → eco- "house, dwelling place," + poiesis a combining form meaning "making, formation; poetry," from Gk. poesy, from poiein "to make, compose." Coined by Robert Hall Haynes (1931-1998), a Canadian geneticist and biophysicist.

Bum-âfarini, literally "creating environment," from bum "region, land," → eco- + âfarini "creation," from âfaridan, âfarin- "to create," from Mid.Pers. âfridan, âfrin- "to praise, bless; create," ultimately from Proto-Iranian āfrīta-, from prefixed frī- "to praise; to like;" cf. Av. frāy- "to satisfy, propitiate, pray;" Skt. prī- "to gladden, show favor to," prīta- "glad;" Gk. praus "gentle."