Where does “engender” come from?
Engender comes from Latin ingenerare, formed from in- and genus meaning "kind or race," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to produce or beget."
engender (English): To beget ; to bear or conceive; To give existence...
Definitions
- To beget ; to bear or conceive; To give existence...
Ancestry of “engender”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | En- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | en- | en-, in- |
| 3 | Old French | en- | en- |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “engender”