Genus etymology

Latin

Latin word genus comes from Proto-Indo-European - -os, and later Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (Race, lineage.)

Etymology of genus

Detailed word origin of genus

Dictionary entry Language Definition
- -os Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*ǵénh₁os Proto-Indo-European (ine) Race, lineage.
*genos Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Lineage, origin.
genus Latin (lat) (grammar) gender. Birth, origin. Kind, type, class. Set, group (with common attributes). Species (of animal or plant), race (of people).

Words with the same origin as genus

Descendants of - -os

nemus