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Where does “genlock” come from?

genlock (English) comes from English generator, from English generate, from Latin generō, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

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Ancestry of “genlock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeneratorOne who, or that which, generates, begets,...
2EnglishgenerateTo bring into being; give rise to; To produce as...
3Latingenerō—
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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