English
engender
Engender comes from Old French engendrer ‘to engender’, from Latin generō ‘to be brought to life by: to spring from, to…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenus‘birth, origin, lineage, descent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenerō‘to be brought to life by: to spring from, to descend from’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingeneroas ingenerāre‘to implant, engender’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400engendrer‘to engender’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500engendren‘to beget’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599engender
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenus‘birth, origin, lineage, descent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenerō‘to be brought to life by: to spring from, to descend from’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingeneroas ingenerāre‘to implant, engender’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400engendrer‘to engender’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500engendren‘to beget’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599engender
Earliest quotation: 1599, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar: “O Error ſoone conceyu’d, Thou neuer com’ſt vnto a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, nature, king, nation, native, pregnant, german, engine, genuine, genetic, ken, genius, naive, gentle, indigenous, kin, noel, innate, genesis, natal, nee, nativity, nada, naïve, genital, genealogy, janata, nascent, ingenious, puny, degenerate, germ, gentile, cognate, degeneration, jaunty, gens, genial, azadi, genteel, 96 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
gene, oxygen, hydrogen, genocide, glycogen, estrogenic, 23 more
through Latin genus ‘birth, origin, lineage, descent’
general, genuinely, genre, generous, generic, genus, regeneration, transgender, generosity, regenerate, 9 more
through Latin generō ‘to be brought to life by: to spring from, to…’
Today it means
verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / engender