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

  1. A category in the classification of organisms,...

Ancestry of “genus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
2Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “genus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →