English
polygoneutic
Polygoneutic comes from Ancient Greek γονεύω ‘to produce offspring’, from γονεύς ‘parent’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti1‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gígnomai1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγίγνομαι2‘to be born’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγονεύς3goneús‘parent’o-grade of root of γίγνομαι
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγονεύω3‘to produce offspring’
- Englishtodaypolygoneutic3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek γονεύς
- 3 Wiktionary, English polygoneutic
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι‘to beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵíǵn̥h₁etiWiktionary, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι‘to engender’reconstructedreduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gígnomaiWiktionary, Ancient Greek γίγνομαιreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγίγνομαιWiktionary, Ancient Greek γονεύς‘to be born’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγονεύςWiktionary, English polygoneuticgoneús‘parent’o-grade of root of γίγνομαι
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγονεύωWiktionary, English polygoneutic‘to produce offspring’
- EnglishtodaypolygoneuticWiktionary, English polygoneutic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’
kind, general, king, nature, german, gender, nation, pregnant, native, generation, engineer, genuine, ken, gene, genre, gentle, indigenous, oxygen, hydrogen, genocide, naive, genus, kin, noel, innate, natal, germ, nada, genitalia, nascent, nativity, nee, janata, gentile, gens, puny, genial, glycogen, genteel, cognate, 106 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti ‘to engender’
engine, genius, genital, ingenious, 10 more
through Ancient Greek γίγνομαι ‘to be born’
Today it means
adj Having two or more broods in a season.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “polygoneutic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek γίγνομαι, Ancient Greek γονεύς. 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- / polygoneutic