Etymograph

English

eugenesis

From eu- + genesis.

Formed from eu- + genesis

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- ‘good’

Proto-Hellenic *ehu- ‘good’

Ancient Greek ἐΰς ‘good, brave, noble’

Ancient Greek εὖ ‘well, good’

English eu-

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

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’

Proto-Hellenic *génetis ‘origin, source’

Ancient Greek γένεσις ‘origin, source, beginning’

Latin genesis ‘generation, nativity’

English genesis

Today it means

noun The quality or condition of having strong reproductive powers; generation with full fertility between different species or races, specifically between hybrids of the first generation.

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

Etymograph / eugenesis