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Where does “generador” come from?

generador (Spanish) comes from Latin generator, 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.

generador (Spanish): generating; generator

Definitions

  1. generating; generator

Ancestry of “generador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeneratorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
2Latingenerō—
3Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
4Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “generador”

  • aerogenerador
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