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engenho
Engenho comes from Portuguese engenho ‘machine’, from Latin ingenium ‘innate or natural quality, natural character’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gignōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgignō‘to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingenium‘innate or natural quality, natural character’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500engenno
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentengenho‘machine’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gignōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgignō‘to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingenium‘innate or natural quality, natural character’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500engenno
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentengenho‘machine’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’
kind, general, nature, nation, king, german, native, pregnant, generation, gender, genuine, ken, generate, indigenous, generous, oxygen, gene, naive, gentle, kin, genre, noel, hydrogen, genocide, innate, natal, nee, genus, nativity, nada, naïve, janata, germ, nascent, puny, cognate, gentile, jaunty, glycogen, gens, 108 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti ‘to engender’
through Proto-Italic *gignō
through Latin gignō ‘to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear,…’
engineer, genius, genital, 3 more
through Latin ingenium ‘innate or natural quality, natural character’
Today it means
noun A sugar mill in colonial Brazil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / engenho