Where does “ĝenerale” come from?
ĝenerale (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĝenerala, from English General, from Middle English general, from Anglo-Norman general, from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
ĝenerale (Esperanto): generally
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ĝenerale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĝenerala | general; generic |
| 2 | English | General | The military officer title |
| 3 | Middle English | general | universal, complete; comprehensive, wide-ranging;... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | general | general |
| 5 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |