Etymograph

English

Genco

Genco comes from Italian Genco, from Sicilian jencu ‘calf’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yuh₁n̥ḱósreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjuvencus‘bullock’
  3. Sicilianmodernjencu‘calf’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentGenco
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yuh₁n̥ḱósreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjuvencus‘bullock’
  3. Sicilianmodernjencu‘calf’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentGenco
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

Earliest quotation: 2021, Michael Levenson, ‘Incel’ Is Charged With Plotting to Shoot Women, U.S. Says: “Mr. Genco posted on an incel website that he…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós / Genco

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