Where does “subgenre” come from?
Subgenre derives from English sub combined with genre, which comes from Latin genus meaning "kind" or "type," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to produce" or "beget."
subgenre (English): One of several categories within a particular...
Definitions
- One of several categories within a particular...
Ancestry of “subgenre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | genre | A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially... |
| 2 | French | genré | genric |
| 3 | Old French | gendre | — |
| 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 |