'basidiogenetic' originates from New Latin and Greek: specifically from New Latin 'basidium' (from Greek 'basis') meaning 'base' or 'pedestal', combined with Greek 'genetikos' meaning 'pertaining to origin or production'.

'basidiogenetic' was formed by combining the New Latin element 'basidio-' (from 'basidium') with a Greek/Latin-derived adjectival element '-geneticus'/'-genetic' (from Greek 'genetikos'), and eventually entered English in its modern adjectival form 'basidiogenetic'.

Initially the components referred to a 'base' (basidium) and 'origin/production'; the combined term came to mean 'originating from or produced by basidia' and has retained that specialized mycological sense.