Where does “généreux” come from?

généreux (French) comes from Middle French genereux, from Latin generōsus, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

généreux (French): generous, kind

Definitions

  1. generous, kind

Ancestry of “généreux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgenereuxgenerous
2Latingenerōsuswell-born, well-bred, noble
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 “généreux”

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