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Where does “trigenerative” come from?

trigenerative (English) comes from English generative, from Middle English generatyve, from Latin generō, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

trigenerative (English): Relating to trigeneration

Definitions

  1. Relating to trigeneration

Ancestry of “trigenerative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenerativeHaving the power of generating, propagating,...
2Middle Englishgeneratyve—
3Latingenerō—
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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