English
agennesis
Agennesis comes from Ancient Greek γέννησις ‘engendering’, from γεννᾰ́ω ‘I beget’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os2‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génos3‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένος4génos‘offspring’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγέννα4‘offspring, generation’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγεννᾰ́ω5‘I beget’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγέννησις6génnēsis‘engendering’
- Englishtodayagennesis6
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
- 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Hellenic *génos
- 3 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek γένος
- 4 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek γεννάω
- 5 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek γέννησις
- 6 Wiktionary, English agennesis
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁osWiktionary, Proto-Hellenic *génos‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génosWiktionary, Ancient Greek γένος‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένοςWiktionary, Ancient Greek γεννάωgénos‘offspring’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένναWiktionary, Ancient Greek γεννάω‘offspring, generation’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγεννᾰ́ωWiktionary, Ancient Greek γέννησις‘I beget’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγέννησιςWiktionary, English agennesisgénnēsis‘engendering’
- EnglishtodayagennesisWiktionary, English agennesis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, nature, nation, german, native, pregnant, engine, ken, genius, indigenous, genuine, genetic, gentle, naive, kin, transgender, noel, generic, natal, innate, regeneration, nativity, nada, genital, generosity, ingenious, germ, janata, nee, nascent, degenerate, genealogy, genesis, puny, degeneration, regenerate, gentile, cognate, jaunty, 96 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
general, generation, gender, genre, generate, generous, gene, genuinely, genus, 26 more
through Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’
through Ancient Greek γένος ‘offspring’
Today it means
noun Impotence; sterility.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “agennesis”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os, Proto-Hellenic *génos, Ancient Greek γένος, Ancient Greek γεννάω, Ancient Greek γέννησις. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / agennesis