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English word generation comes from Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) generacion

generacion (Middle French)

generacioun (Anglo-Norman)

generation (English)

(geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.. (now, _, US, _, regional) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]. (obsolete) Descendants, progeny; offspring. [15th-19th c.]. A set [...]

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