Where does “generale” come from?

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

generale (Italian): general

Definitions

  1. general

Ancestry of “generale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeneralisgeneral, generic
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “generale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →