Where does “enginyosament” come from?
enginyosament (Catalan) comes from Catalan enginyós, from Latin ingeniōsus, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
enginyosament (Catalan): ingeniously
Ancestry of “enginyosament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | enginyós | ingenious |
| 2 | Latin | ingeniōsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 4 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |