Words that come from Latin genus

400 words across 20 languages descend from Latin genus — including general, gender, engine, genuine, generate, engineering, generous, engineer.

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English (305)

Latin (40)

Italian (15)

French (10)

Middle French (8)

Dutch (5)

Swedish (3)

Catalan (2)

Slovene (1)

Esperanto (1)

Fiji Hindi (1)

Danish (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Russian (1)

Martuthunira (1)

Korean (1)

Chavacano (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Spanish (1)