English
genesis
Genesis comes from Latin genesis ‘generation, nativity’, from Ancient Greek γένεσις ‘origin, source, beginning’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génetis‘origin, source’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένεσιςgénesis‘origin, source, beginning’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenesis‘generation, nativity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980genesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génetis‘origin, source’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένεσιςgénesis‘origin, source, beginning’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenesis‘generation, nativity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980genesis
Earliest quotation: 1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer: “The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
king, nature, general, german, native, pregnant, engine, generation, gender, ken, genius, indigenous, oxygen, genuine, naive, genre, nationalism, generate, kin, generous, kindness, noel, hydrogen, genocide, generic, innate, natal, kinder, genus, nativity, nada, naïve, genital, ingenious, generosity, janata, germ, nee, nascent, genealogy, 105 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, nation, gentle, gentile, jaunty, gens, genteel, nomen, 14 more
through Proto-Hellenic *génetis ‘origin, source’
through Ancient Greek γένεσις ‘origin, source, beginning’
Today it means
noun The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / genesis