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Where does “generalismo” come from?

generalismo (Italian) comes from Italian generale, 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.

generalismo (Italian): generalism

Definitions

  1. generalism

Ancestry of “generalismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangeneralegeneral
2Latingeneralisgeneral, generic
3Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
4Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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