Where does “genro” come from?

genro (Esperanto) comes from French genré, from Old French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

genro (Esperanto): gender; genus

Definitions

  1. gender; genus

Ancestry of “genro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgenrégenric
2Old Frenchgendreson-in-law
3Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
4Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “genro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Proto-Italic genos →