*gene-
*genə-,还有 *gen-,原始印欧语根,意为“生育,产生”,衍生词指繁殖、家族和部落。
由此形成全部或部分单词: Antigone; autogenous; benign; cognate; congener; congenial; congenital; connate; cosmogony; cryogenic; degenerate; engender; engine; epigone; eugenics; -gen; gendarme; gender; gene; genealogy; general; generate; generation; generic; generous; genesis; -genesis; genial; -genic; genital; genitive; genius; genocide; genotype; genre; gens; gent; genteel; gentile; gentle; gentry; genuine; genus; -geny; germ; german (adj.)“同父母或祖父母的”; germane; germinal; germinate; germination; gingerly; gonad; gono-; gonorrhea; heterogeneous; homogeneous; homogenize; homogenous; impregnate; indigenous; ingenious; ingenuous; innate; jaunty; kermes; kin; kindergarten; kindred; king; kind (n.)“类,种,品种”; kind(adj.)“友好的,刻意对他人产生好影响”; Kriss Kringle; malign; miscegenation; nada; naive; nascent; natal; Natalie; nation; native; nature; nee; neonate; Noel; oncogene; ontogeny; photogenic; phylogeny; pregnant(adj.1)“怀孕”; primogenitor; primogeniture; progenitor; progeny; puisne; puny; renaissance; theogony; wunderkind。
它是假想的来源/它的存在证明得到的证据有:梵文 janati “繁殖,生育”, janah “后代,孩子,人”, janman- “出生,起源”, jatah “出生”; 阿维斯塔语 zizanenti “他们生育”; 希腊语 gignesthai “成为,发生”, genos “种族,种类”, gonos “出生,子嗣,族群”; 拉丁语 gignere “生育”, gnasci “出生”, genus (形容词为 generis) “种族,血统,种类,家族,出生,出身,起源”, genius “育性,生来的首席神祇,与生俱来的守护精灵,先天的品质”, ingenium “天生的品质”,可能也有 germen “幼芽,芽,胚胎,种子”; 立陶宛语 gentis “同族”; 哥特语 kuni “种族”; 古英语 cennan “生育,创造”, gecynd “种类,天性,种族”; 古高德语 kind “孩子”; 古爱尔兰语 ro-genar “我出生了”; 威尔斯语 geni “出生”; 亚美尼亚语 cnanim “我孕育了,我诞生了”。