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Where does “genderization” come from?

genderization (English) comes from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

genderization (English): The process or result of genderizing

Definitions

  1. The process or result of genderizing

Ancestry of “genderization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenderClass; kind; A division of nouns and pronouns ...
2Middle Englishgender—
3Middle Frenchgendre—
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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