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Where does “-geno” come from?

-geno (Italian) comes from Italian tossicità, from Italian -ità, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-geno (Italian): -genic, -genous; -gen

Definitions

  1. -genic, -genous; -gen

Ancestry of “-geno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantossicitàtoxicity
2Italian-itàUsed to form abstract nouns that correspond to...
3Latin-īta—
4Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
5Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
6Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
7Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-geno”

  • termogeno
  • polialogenato
  • terrigeno
  • tricogeno
  • tiogeno
  • broncogeno
  • patogeno
  • nitrogeno
  • chetogeno
  • cianogeno
  • criogeno
  • alogenuro
  • cromogeno
  • dermatogeno
  • estrogeno
  • diabetogeno
  • mutageno
  • ematogeno
  • anticancerogeno
  • teratogenicità
  • teratogeno
  • cancerogeno
  • iatrogeno
  • tiocianogeno
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