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Where does “genitalization” come from?

genitalization (English) comes from English genital, from Middle English genital, from Latin genitālis, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

genitalization (English): The act or process of genitalizing

Definitions

  1. The act or process of genitalizing

Ancestry of “genitalization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenitalOf, or relating to biological reproduction; Of,...
2Middle Englishgenital—
3Latingenitālis—
4Latingenitusbegotten; engendered; produced
5Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
7Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
8Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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