Where does “generation” come from?

Generation comes from Middle French generacion, meaning the act of procreation or producing offspring.

generation (English): The fact of creating something, or bringing...

Definitions

  1. The fact of creating something, or bringing...

Ancestry of “generation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgeneracioungeneration
2Old Frenchgeneracionprocreation; begetting
3Latingenerātiōa generation
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “generation

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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