English
ingeny
Ingeny comes from Latin ingenium ‘innate or natural quality, natural character’, from gignō ‘to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
- 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 bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingenium‘innate or natural quality, natural character’
- Englishearliest quotation 1683ingeny
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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 bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingenium‘innate or natural quality, natural character’
- Englishearliest quotation 1683ingeny
Earliest quotation: 1683, Richard Baxter: “it [God's mercy] chose me suitable company and habitation;…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’
kind, general, nature, nation, german, native, king, pregnant, generation, gender, ken, generate, generous, oxygen, gene, naive, genuine, gentle, indigenous, genre, noel, hydrogen, genocide, natal, kin, innate, nee, genus, nativity, nada, naïve, janata, germ, nascent, cognate, gentile, jaunty, puny, glycogen, gens, 109 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti ‘to engender’
through Proto-Italic *gignō
through Latin gignō ‘to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear,…’
engineer, genius, genital, 4 more
through Latin ingenium ‘innate or natural quality, natural character’
Today it means
noun natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / ingeny