Where does “rectogenital” come from?
rectogenital (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.
rectogenital (English): Of or pertaining to the rectum and the genitals
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the rectum and the genitals
Ancestry of “rectogenital”, step by step
rectogenital 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 |
via English recto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recto | The front side of a flat object which is to be... |
| 2 | Latin | recto | directly; dative masculine singular of rēctus;... |
| 3 | Latin | rēctus | led straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright |
| 4 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |