Where does “nongenital” come from?
nongenital (English) comes from English genital, from Middle English genital, from Latin genitālis, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
nongenital (English): Not genital
Definitions
- Not genital
Ancestry of “nongenital”, step by step
nongenital traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English genital
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | genital | Of, or relating to biological reproduction; Of,... |
| 2 | Middle English | genital | — |
| 3 | Latin | genitālis | of or relating to generation or birth |
| 4 | Latin | genitus | begotten; engendered; produced |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |