Where does “undergenerate” come from?
undergenerate (English) comes from English generate, 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.
undergenerate (English): To apply a rule of language too strictly, so that some potential valid utterances are excluded from production
Definitions
- To apply a rule of language too strictly, so that some potential valid utterances are excluded from production
Ancestry of “undergenerate”, step by step
undergenerate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English generate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | generate | To bring into being; give rise to; To produce as... |
| 2 | Latin | generō | to bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate, to procreate, to sire |
| 3 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |