English

genonym

From genus + -onym.

Formed from genus + -onym

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

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘birth, origin, a race, sort, kind’

English genus

Today it means

noun Generic name; the name of a genus.

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