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Where does “ambigenous” come from?

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

ambigenous (English): Of two kinds; Partaking of two natures, as the...

Definitions

  1. Of two kinds; Partaking of two natures, as the...

Ancestry of “ambigenous”, step by step

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