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English word genocide comes from a combination of Ancient Greek γένος (genos - variously translated as offspring, descendants, family, tribe, race, kind, etc.) and Latin caedō (kill). The term was reportedly coined by the legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944
*ǵenh₁ (Proto-Indo-European)
to produce, beget, give birth
*ǵénh₁os (Proto-Indo-European)
race, lineage
γένος (Ancient Greek)
offspring, descendants, family, clan, nation, tribe, race, kind
kh₂eyd- (Proto-Indo-European)
to cut, hew
caedo (Latin)
kill, cut, fell (also: caedō)
genocide (English)
To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely. (by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.