genus

Meaning

(declension-3, neuter) birth, origin, lineage, descent
(declension-3, neuter) kind, type, class
(declension-3, neuter) species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of animal or plant), race (of people or animals)
(declension-3, neuter) set, group, category (with common attributes)
(declension-3, neuter) gender
(declension-3, neuter) subtype of word

gender

high birth

grammatical gender

generic group

gender role

φύλο

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡɛ.nʊs]

From Proto-Italic *genos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os n (“race”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”); compare also gēns, gignō and -gnus, from the same root. From the genitive gener-is (< PIE *ǵénh₁es-os), the sound shift -r- < *-s- can be observed, through which the Old Latin form *genes-is can be reconstructed. Cognates include Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, stock, kin, kind”), Sanskrit जनस् (jánas, “race, class of beings”), Proto-Celtic *genos (“birth; family”), and English kin. Doublet of genea.

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genus

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Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡɛ.nʊs]

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