Where does “engin” come from?
engin (English) comes from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
engin (English): Obsolete form of engine
Definitions
- Obsolete form of engine
Ancestry of “engin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engine | A large construction used in warfare, such as a... |
| 2 | Middle English | engyn | engine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | engine | — |
| 4 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 5 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 6 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 8 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |