Where does “generico” come from?

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

generico (Italian): generic; vague, imprecise; generality

Definitions

  1. generic; vague, imprecise; generality

Ancestry of “generico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangenerekind; gender; gender, voice
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 “generico”

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