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Where does “engigneor” come from?

engigneor (Old French) comes from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

engigneor (Old French): deceiver; one who deceives; engineer

Definitions

  1. deceiver; one who deceives; engineer

Ancestry of “engigneor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiningeniatorengineer
2Latiningeniārius—
3Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
4Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “engigneor”

  • engineering
  • engineer
  • bioengineering
  • reengineer
  • bioengineered
  • geoengineering
  • nanoengineering
  • bioengineer
  • neuroengineering
  • nonengineering
  • recombineering
  • astroengineering
  • microengineering
  • overengineer
  • nonengineer
  • engineerable
  • glycoengineering
  • ecoengineering
  • hydroengineering
  • engineeringly
  • engineerability
  • aeroengineer
  • outengineer
  • femtoengineering
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