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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
Words derived from “ingenium”