Etymograph

English

ambigeneric

By surface analysis, ambi- + generic

Equivalent to ambi- + generic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’

Proto-Italic *amβō

Latin ambo ‘both’

English ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘genus, kind’

Middle French générique

English generic

Today it means

adj Having both masculine and feminine gender.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ambigeneric