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Where does “miscegenator” come from?

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

miscegenator (English): Somebody who breeds with a person of another race

Definitions

  1. Somebody who breeds with a person of another race

Ancestry of “miscegenator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmiscegenateto mix or blend; to mix or blend race in marriage...
2EnglishmiscegenationThe mixing or blending of race in marriage or...
3Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
4Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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