Where does “инженерия” come from?
инженерия (Russian) comes from Russian инжене́р, from German Ingenieur, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
инженерия (Russian): engineering
Ancestry of “инженерия”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | инжене́р | — |
| 2 | German | Ingenieur | engineer |
| 3 | French | ingénieur | engineer; conductor |
| 4 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingeniārius | — |
| 7 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 8 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 10 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |