Etymograph

English

genericization

From generic + -ization.

A compound of generic + -ization

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

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘genus, kind’

Middle French générique

English generic

Today it means

noun The process of becoming generic; an instance of it.

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

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