Etymograph

English

extrageneous

Extrageneous comes from Latin genus ‘race’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os1‘race’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genos1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenus2‘race’
  5. Englishtodayextrageneous2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin genus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English extrageneous

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, Latin genus‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁osWiktionary, Latin genus‘race’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genosWiktionary, Latin genusreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenusWiktionary, English extrageneous‘race’
  5. EnglishtodayextrageneousWiktionary, English extrageneous

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

kind, king, nature, nation, german, native, pregnant, engine, ken, genuine, genetic, genius, gentle, naive, indigenous, kin, noel, innate, genesis, natal, nativity, genital, nada, germ, nee, janata, genealogy, nascent, degenerate, ingenious, puny, gentile, degeneration, regenerate, cognate, gens, jaunty, gingerly, genial, genteel, 91 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’

oxygen, gene, hydrogen, genocide, glycogen, estrogenic, 21 more

through Proto-Italic *genos

transgender, regeneration, engender, 7 more

through Latin genus ‘race’

general, generation, gender, genre, genuinely, generate, generic, generous, generosity, genus, generative, 11 more

Today it means

adj Belonging to another race, type or kind.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “extrageneous”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin genus. 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- / extrageneous

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