Where does “genus” come from?
Genus comes from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-, a root meaning to beget or produce.
genus (English): A category in the classification of organisms,...
Definitions
- A category in the classification of organisms,...
Ancestry of “genus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “genus”