Where does “generator” come from?
Generator derives from Latin generātor, agent noun from generāre, from Latin genus meaning "birth" or "kind," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to beget" or "produce."
generator (English): One who, or that which, generates, begets,...
Definitions
- One who, or that which, generates, begets,...
Ancestry of “generator”, step by step
generator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English generate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | generate | To bring into being; give rise to; To produce as... |
| 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 |