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Where does “-genic” come from?

-genic (English) comes from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

-genic (English): producing or generating something; produced or...

Definitions

  1. producing or generating something; produced or...

Ancestry of “-genic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “-genic”

  • transgenic
  • pathogenic
  • anthropogenic
  • carcinogenic
  • neurogenic
  • iatrogenic
  • angiogenic
  • pathogenicity
  • biogenic
  • cryogenic
  • psychogenic
  • oncogenic
  • teratogenic
  • immunogenicity
  • cardiogenic
  • carcinogenicity
  • osteogenic
  • echogenic
  • immunogenic
  • myogenic
  • odontogenic
  • antiangiogenic
  • photogenic
  • pyogenic
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