Where does “engined” come from?
Engined comes from Middle English, derived from Old French engin, which comes from Latin ingenium, ultimately from Latin in and genus meaning "inborn nature" or "innate quality."
engined (English): Having a specified number or configuration of...
Definitions
- Having a specified number or configuration of...
Ancestry of “engined”, 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 |