Where does “generál” come from?

generál (Czech) comes from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

generál (Czech): general (military)

Definitions

  1. general (military)

Ancestry of “generál”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeneralisgeneral, generic
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “generál”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →