Etymograph

English

genospecies

From geno- + species.

Formed from geno- + species

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

Ancient Greek γέννα ‘descent, lineage’

Ancient Greek γεννάω ‘to produce’

Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, kind’

English geno-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see’

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti ‘to be looking at’

Proto-Italic *spekjō ‘to observe’

Latin speciō ‘see’

Latin speciēs ‘appearance’

English species

Today it means

noun A species (group of organisms that can interbreed) identified and characterised by means of genetics.

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

Etymograph / genospecies