[1860–65; anthropo- + (meta)morphosis]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: institutionalism, jumping jack, monism, prep, raideranthropo- is a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “human,” used in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix anthropo- include: anthropogeography, anthropology, anthropometer, anthropometry, anthroponomy