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Where does “genitalia” come from?

Genitalia derives from Latin genitalia, from Latin genitalis, from Latin genitus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning to beget or produce.

genitalia (English): External sex organs; A collection of external sex...

Definitions

  1. External sex organs; A collection of external sex...

Ancestry of “genitalia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenitalianominative neuter plural of genitālis; accusative...
2Latingenitālis—
3Latingenitusbegotten; engendered; produced
4Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “genitalia”

  • subgenitalia
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