Where does “genus” come from?

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

genus (Swedish): gender; gender, sex

Definitions

  1. gender; gender, sex

Ancestry of “genus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “genus”

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