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Where does “enginelike” come from?

enginelike (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.

enginelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of an engine

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an engine

Ancestry of “enginelike”, 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
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