Proto-Hellenic

*génos

‘race’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *génos.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *génos, most familiar first.

• oxygen ← oxygène ← γένος
• hydrogen ← hydrogène ← γένος
• genocide ← γένος
• glycogen ← glycogène ← γένος
• hydrogenation ← hydrogen ← hydrogène ← γένος
• estrogenic ← estrogen ← γένος
• genin ← γένος
• alkoxy ← oxygen ← oxygène ← γένος
• steroidogenic ← γένος
• dysgenic ← γένος
• agennesis ← γέννησις ← γεννᾰ́ω ← γέννα ← γένος
• amphigenous ← γένος

More words from *génos

• creologenic
• saccharogenic
• saccharogen
• sensigenous
• thyrogenic

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *génos