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
Ancestry of “ingineer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scots | ingine | ingenuity, intelligence, wit; intellect, clever... |
| 2 | Middle French | engin | — |
| 3 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 4 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |