Etymograph

English

generativeness

From generative + -ness.

Formed from generative + -ness

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

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Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘species, taxon, race’

Latin genero ‘to generate, to produce’

Middle English generatyve

English generative

Today it means

noun The quality of being generative.

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

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