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English word genre comes from Proto-Indo-European - -os, Proto-Indo-European *genes-, and later Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (Race, lineage.)
- -os (Proto-Indo-European)
*genes- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ǵénh₁os (Proto-Indo-European)
Race, lineage.
*genos (Proto-Italic)
Lineage, origin.
generis (Latin)
genre (French)
(archaic, colloquial) the done thing. (biology) genus. (grammar) gender (of nouns). (grammar) voice (of verbs). Kind. Look, type. Style (colloquial) like.
genre (English)
A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.