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Where does “ingenerate” come from?

ingenerate (English) comes from Latin ingeneratus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingenerate (English): Innate, inborn; To generate or produce within; to...

Definitions

  1. Innate, inborn; To generate or produce within; to...

Ancestry of “ingenerate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiningeneratus
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →