Where does “ingeniously” come from?
Ingeniously derives from Middle French ingénieux, Old English -līċ, Latin ingeniosus, and Latin ingenium meaning natural capacity or talent, itself from Latin in and genus meaning kind or race.
ingeniously (English): In an ingenious manner; using ingenuity
Definitions
- In an ingenious manner; using ingenuity
Ancestry of “ingeniously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ingenious | Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to... |
| 2 | Middle French | ingénieux | — |
| 3 | Old French | engenious | — |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniōsus | superior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious |
| 5 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 6 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 8 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |