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Where does “intragenus” come from?

intragenus (English) comes from English genus, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

intragenus (English): Within a genus

Definitions

  1. Within a genus

Ancestry of “intragenus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenusA category in the classification of organisms,...
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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