Where does “ingenium” come from?
ingenium (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.
ingenium (Latin): innate or natural quality, natural character;...
Definitions
- innate or natural quality, natural character;...
Ancestry of “ingenium”, step by step
ingenium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin gignere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 3 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |