Where does “genus” come from?
genus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
genus (Latin): birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
Definitions
- birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
Ancestry of “genus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “genus”