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Where does “enginyer” come from?

enginyer (Catalan) comes from Catalan enginy, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

enginyer (Catalan): engineer

Definitions

  1. engineer

Ancestry of “enginyer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanenginygenius; mind
2Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
3Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
5Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
6Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “enginyer”

  • enginyeria
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