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Where does “ingineer” come from?

ingineer (Scots) comes from Scots ingine, from Middle French engin, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ingineer (Scots): engineer

Definitions

  1. engineer

Ancestry of “ingineer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsingineingenuity, intelligence, wit; intellect, clever...
2Middle Frenchengin—
3Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
4Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
5Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
7Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
8Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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