Where does “Gender” come from?

Gender (German) comes from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle 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.

Gender (German): gender, especially as a social category

Definitions

  1. gender, especially as a social category

Ancestry of “Gender”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgenderkind
2Middle Englishgender—
3Middle Frenchgendre—
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “Gender”

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