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Where does “pregenitality” come from?

pregenitality (English) comes from English genitality, from English genital, from Middle English genital, from Latin genitālis, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

pregenitality (English): The pregenital phase of development

Definitions

  1. The pregenital phase of development

Ancestry of “pregenitality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenitalityIn psychoanalytic theory, the part of sexuality...
2EnglishgenitalOf, or relating to biological reproduction; Of,...
3Middle Englishgenital—
4Latingenitālis—
5Latingenitusbegotten; engendered; produced
6Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
8Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
9Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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