Etymograph

English

supergenus

From super- + genus.

Formed from super- + genus

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 A rank above genus and below tribe

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

Etymograph / supergenus