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Where does “pre-genre” come from?

pre-genre (English) comes from English genre, from French genré, from Old French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

pre-genre (English): A relatively abstract form of genre, such as...

Definitions

  1. A relatively abstract form of genre, such as...

Ancestry of “pre-genre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenreA kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially...
2Frenchgenrégenric
3Old Frenchgendre—
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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