English Explanatory Dictionary

-genic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
  2. Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.
  3. Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced.

Pronunciation

/-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/

Word forms

-genic

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. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen.

Related words

-gen -gene -genous -geny
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