Where does “Genus” come from?

Genus (German) comes from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Genus (German): gender; voice, gender

Definitions

  1. gender; voice, gender

Ancestry of “Genus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
2Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “Genus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →