English
homogeneous
Homogeneous comes from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής ‘of the same race, family or kind’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμογενήςhomogenḗs‘of the same race, family or kind’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500homogeneus
- Englishearliest quotation 1946homogeneous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμογενήςhomogenḗs‘of the same race, family or kind’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500homogeneus
- Englishearliest quotation 1946homogeneous
Earliest quotation: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy: “Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were…”
A compound of ὁμός ‘same’ + γένος ‘kind’
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘family’
Ancient Greek γένος ‘kind’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής
Today it means
adj Of the same kind; alike, similar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁμογενής / homogeneous