Where does “ingeniousness” come from?
ingeniousness (English) comes from English ingenious, from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
ingeniousness (English): The condition of being ingenious
Definitions
- The condition of being ingenious
Ancestry of “ingeniousness”, 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 |