Where does “engineer” come from?
Engineer comes from Middle English engyneour, from Old French engigneor, derived from Latin ingenium meaning natural capacity or cleverness, ultimately from Latin in and genus.
engineer (English): A person who is qualified or professionally...
Definitions
- A person who is qualified or professionally...
Ancestry of “engineer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | engyneour | — |
| 2 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 3 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 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 |
Words derived from “engineer”
- engineering
- bioengineering
- reengineer
- bioengineered
- geoengineering
- nanoengineering
- Imagineer
- bioengineer
- neuroengineering
- nonengineering
- recombineering
- astroengineering
- microengineering
- visioneering
- overengineer
- nonengineer
- engineerable
- glycoengineering
- ecoengineering
- hydroengineering
- engineeringly
- engineerability
- aeroengineer
- gengineering