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Where does “gẽerar” come from?

gẽerar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin generō, 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 “gẽerar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenerō—
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “gẽerar”

  • gera
  • gerar
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