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Yevgeny
Yevgeny comes from Ancient Greek εὐγενής ‘well-born’, from γένος ‘birth, offspring, stock’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gígnomaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγίγνομαιgígnomai‘become’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγένος‘birth, offspring, stock’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐγενής‘well-born’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὐγένιοςEugénios
- RussianmodernЕвге́нийJevgénij
- Englishearliest quotation 2026Yevgeny
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gígnomaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγίγνομαιgígnomai‘become’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγένος‘birth, offspring, stock’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐγενής‘well-born’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὐγένιοςEugénios
- RussianmodernЕвге́нийJevgénij
- Englishearliest quotation 2026Yevgeny
Earliest quotation: 2026: “In an interview with exiled Russian journalist Alexander Plyushchev…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’
kind, king, general, nature, nation, german, native, pregnant, generation, engineer, gender, genuine, ken, generate, indigenous, generous, gene, naive, gentle, genre, kin, noel, innate, natal, genus, nee, nativity, nada, naïve, janata, germ, nascent, genitalia, gentile, cognate, puny, jaunty, gingerly, gens, genial, 106 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti ‘to engender’
engine, genius, genital, ingenious, 11 more
through Ancient Greek γίγνομαι ‘become’
through Ancient Greek γένος ‘birth, offspring, stock’
Today it means
name A transliteration of the Russian male given name Евге́ний (Jevgénij).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / Yevgeny