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Where does “Ginés” come from?

Ginés (Spanish) comes from Occitan Genès, from Latin Genesius, from Ancient Greek Γενέσιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Ginés”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1OccitanGenès—
2LatinGenesius—
3Ancient GreekΓενέσιος—
4Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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