Where does “regenerative” come from?
Regenerative comes from Middle French régénératif, meaning capable of regenerating or renewing.
regenerative (English): That serves to regenerate; Being a kind of...
Definitions
- That serves to regenerate; Being a kind of...
Ancestry of “regenerative”, step by step
regenerative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English generative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | generative | Having the power of generating, propagating,... |
| 2 | Middle English | generatyve | — |
| 3 | Latin | generō | to bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate, to procreate, to sire |
| 4 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Middle French régénératif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | régénératif | — |