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Where does “gendren” come from?

gendren (Middle English) comes from Middle French gendrer, from Latin generare, from Latin genero, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “gendren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgendrer—
2Latingenerarepresent active infinitive of generō;...
3LatingeneroI bring to life, I confer life upon: I beget, I...
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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