English Explanatory Dictionary

-gen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.

Word forms

-gen

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Related words

gene -gene genesis genetic -genic -genous -geny
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