English
generativity
From generative + -ity.
Formed from generative + -ity
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
The story
In the psychology sense coined by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson in 1950.
Today it means
noun The ability to create or reproduce.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / generativity