Where does “genny” come from?

genny (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 “genny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeneratorOne who, or that which, generates, begets,...
2EnglishgenerateTo bring into being; give rise to; To produce as...
3Latingenerōto bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate, to procreate, to sire
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos