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Where does “genitale” come from?

genitale (Italian) comes from Latin genitālis, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin 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.

genitale (Italian): genital

Definitions

  1. genital

Ancestry of “genitale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenitālis—
2Latingenitusbegotten; engendered; produced
3Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
5Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
6Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “genitale”

  • genitalità
  • urogenitale
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