Where does “generative” come from?
Generative comes from Middle English generatyve, meaning capable of producing or generating.
generative (English): Having the power of generating, propagating,...
Definitions
- Having the power of generating, propagating,...
Ancestry of “generative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | generatyve | — |
| 2 | Latin | generō | to bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate, to procreate, to sire |
| 3 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “generative”
- regenerative
- generativity
- cogenerative
- generatively
- generativist
- nonregenerative
- regeneratively
- bioregenerative
- generativism
- nongenerative
- neurogenerative
- antigenerative
- superregenerative
- trigenerative
- generativistic
- generativeness
- ungenerative
- aregenerative
- autoregenerative
- cardioregenerative
- hepatoregenerative
- hyperregenerative
- hyporegenerative
- macroregenerative