genuine
/ˈdʒenjəwən/JEN-yuh-wuhn
/ˈdʒɛnjəwən/JEN-yuh-wuhn
Meaningof one's birth; true-born
Common meaning: real
Other meanings: truly what it claims to be
- genbirth, descent, race; a typeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 810 · scan
- uineadjective ending: belonging to
Journey through time
- Latingenus, generis‘birth, descent, race’
- Englishgenuine‘real’ · today
gen also in: genuscryogeniccarcinogendegenerateiatrogenic
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin genus ‘birth, descent, race; a type’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry genus, p. 810 · dictionary scan
Roots
- genus, generis Latin “birth, descent, race; a type”
Related words
carcinogencryogenicdegenerategenusheterogeneousheterogeneouslyiatrogenicindigenousoctogenarianparthenogenesistransgender
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