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Where does “genitus” come from?

genitus (Latin) comes 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.

genitus (Latin): begotten; engendered; produced

Definitions

  1. begotten; engendered; produced

Ancestry of “genitus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “genitus”

  • genital
  • progenitor
  • genitalia
  • primogeniture
  • urogenital
  • anogenital
  • genitor
  • osteoprogenitor
  • pregenital
  • genitally
  • nongenital
  • extragenital
  • genitality
  • urinogenital
  • orogenital
  • genitalic
  • subgenital
  • primogenitureship
  • hypogenitalism
  • neuroprogenitor
  • progenitress
  • chondroprogenitor
  • genitalization
  • progenitorship
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