Where does “engendrement” come from?
engendrement (French) comes from French engendrer, from Middle French engendrer, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenero, from Latin generō, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
engendrement (French): fathering
Definitions
- fathering
Ancestry of “engendrement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | engendrer | to generate, spawn, beget |
| 2 | Middle French | engendrer | to engender; to beget; to create; to make |
| 3 | Old French | engendrer | to engender; to beget; to cause; to bring about;... |
| 4 | Latin | ingenero | I implant, engender |
| 5 | Latin | generō | to bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate, to procreate, to sire |
| 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 |