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γένος

Pronunciation: /ɡé.nos/

“γένος” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 18 meanings in English:

noun

  1. race, stock, kin
  2. direct descent, as opposed to collateral relationship
  3. offspring, descendant
  4. offspring, posterity
  5. race of beings
  6. clan, house, dynasty, lineage.
  7. tribe, nation, race, as a subdivision of ἔθνος (éthnos)
  8. caste
  9. breed of animals
  10. age, generation, time of life
  11. sex, gender
  12. grammatical gender
  13. class, sort, kind
  14. the opposite of εἶδος (eîdos, “species”)
  15. class
  16. genus
  17. species of plant; crop, produce; material
  18. element

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *génos. Cognate with Latin genus, Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), Old Armenian ծին (cin), among others; see also γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”).

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