English
generification
Generification comes from Latin genus ‘kind, class’, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’, and ultimately from *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenus‘kind, class’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1857generification
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenus‘kind, class’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1857generification
Earliest quotation: a. 1857, William Hamilton, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […]: “Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’
kind, king, nature, german, engine, pregnant, native, nation, genius, ken, genuine, indigenous, gentle, naive, genetic, kin, noel, genesis, innate, natal, genital, nada, naïve, nee, ingenious, nascent, nativity, germ, janata, puny, degenerate, gentile, gens, jaunty, cognate, genial, genteel, gingerly, degeneration, azadi, 98 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’
oxygen, hydrogen, genocide, genealogy, glycogen, estrogenic, 25 more
through Proto-Italic *genos
transgender, regeneration, engender, 11 more
through Latin genus ‘kind, class’
gender, generation, genre, genuinely, genus, generosity, regenerate, generative, 14 more
Today it means
noun The process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / generification