Where does “engineering” come from?
Engineering derives from Middle English and Old English -ing, ultimately from Latin ingenium meaning natural talent or cleverness, with the prefix in-.
engineering (English): present participle of engineer; The application...
Definitions
- present participle of engineer; The application...
Ancestry of “engineering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engineer | A person who is qualified or professionally... |
| 2 | Middle English | engyneour | — |
| 3 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “engineering”
- bioengineering
- geoengineering
- nanoengineering
- neuroengineering
- nonengineering
- recombineering
- astroengineering
- microengineering
- visioneering
- glycoengineering
- ecoengineering
- hydroengineering
- engineeringly
- gengineering
- femtoengineering
- planetary engineering
- xenoengineering
- cryoengineering
- immunoengineering
- non-engineering
- retro-engineering
- инжиниринг
- enjiniring
- エンジニアリング