'anthropomorphosis' originates from Greek, specifically the words 'anthrōpos' and 'morphōsis', where 'anthrōpos' meant 'human' and 'morphōsis' meant 'a shaping' or 'forming'.

'anthropomorphosis' was formed in New Latin/Modern English using Greek roots 'anthrōpos' + 'morphōsis' and entered English as a learned borrowing to describe the notion of giving or becoming human in form.

Initially, the components referred to 'human' and 'the act or process of forming'; over time the compound has come to denote specifically the attribution of human traits or the process of becoming human ('anthropomorphosis').