Where does “general-” come from?

general- (Swedish) comes from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

general- (Swedish): head, main holding the highest position in a hierarchy

Definitions

  1. head, main holding the highest position in a hierarchy

Ancestry of “general-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeneralisgeneral, generic
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “general-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Proto-Italic genos →
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