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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

  1. Having a specified number or configuration of...

Ancestry of “engined”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishengineA large construction used in warfare, such as a...
2Middle Englishengynengine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,...
3Anglo-Normanengine—
4Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
5Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
6Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
8Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
9Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “engined”

  • midengined
  • overengined
  • underengined
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