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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenerativeHaving the power of generating, propagating,...
2Middle Englishgeneratyve
3Latingenerōto bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate, to procreate, to sire
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Middle French régénératif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrégénératif

Words derived from “regenerative

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-