Where does “genre” come from?

Genre comes from French genre, from Latin genus meaning "kind" or "type," from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to produce" or "give birth."

genre (English): A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially...

Definitions

  1. A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially...

Ancestry of “genre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgenrégenric
2Old Frenchgendreson-in-law
3Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
4Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “genre”

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