English
genital
Genital comes from Latin genitalis ‘of or belonging to generation’, from genitus ‘begotten’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gignōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgignō‘to beget, generate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenitus‘begotten’past participle of gignō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenitalis‘of or belonging to generation’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500genital
- Englishearliest quotation 1961genital
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gignōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgignō‘to beget, generate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenitus‘begotten’past participle of gignō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenitalis‘of or belonging to generation’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500genital
- Englishearliest quotation 1961genital
Earliest quotation: 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis: “( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’
kind, king, nature, nation, general, german, native, pregnant, generation, gender, genuine, ken, generate, indigenous, generous, gene, oxygen, naive, gentle, genre, kin, noel, hydrogen, genocide, innate, genus, nee, nada, naïve, nativity, germ, natal, nascent, puny, janata, gentile, cognate, jaunty, glycogen, gingerly, 110 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti ‘to engender’
through Proto-Italic *gignō
through Latin gignō ‘to beget, generate’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to biological reproduction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / genital