Where does “genre” come from?
genre (Dutch) comes from French genré, from Old French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
genre (Dutch): kind, type, genre
Ancestry of “genre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | genré | genric |
| 2 | Old French | gendre | — |
| 3 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |