English
regeneration
Regeneration comes from Latin regenerō ‘to produce or bring forth again’, from genus ‘birth, origin, lineage, descent’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenus‘birth, origin, lineage, descent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenerō‘to bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEregenerō‘to produce or bring forth again’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEregenerātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1958regeneration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenus‘birth, origin, lineage, descent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenerō‘to bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEregenerō‘to produce or bring forth again’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEregenerātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1958regeneration
Earliest quotation: 1958, 1946, Frederick E. Zeuner: “Iversen holds that these changes indicate the arrival of…”
Formed from re- + generation
Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’
…
Latin generō ‘to beget’
Latin generātiō ‘a begetting; a generation’
Old French generacion
Middle English generacioun ‘procreation’
English generation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, nature, german, engine, native, pregnant, nation, genius, ken, genuine, indigenous, gentle, genetic, naive, kin, noel, genesis, innate, natal, genital, nada, naïve, nee, genealogy, ingenious, nascent, nativity, germ, janata, puny, gentile, gens, jaunty, degenerate, cognate, genial, genteel, gingerly, azadi, 97 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
oxygen, gene, hydrogen, genocide, glycogen, estrogenic, 23 more
through Latin genus ‘birth, origin, lineage, descent’
general, genuinely, genre, generous, generic, transgender, genus, generosity, engender, 10 more
through Latin generō ‘to bring to life, to confer life upon: to…’
Today it means
noun Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / regeneration