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Where does “ginshop” come from?

ginshop (English) comes from English gin, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ginshop (English): A place where gin is sold; a modern-day example...

Definitions

  1. A place where gin is sold; a modern-day example...

Ancestry of “ginshop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishginA colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by...
2Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
3Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
4Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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