Etymograph

English

progeneration

Progeneration comes from Latin progeneratio.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprogeneratio1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1896progeneration1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English progeneration
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1896, Johan Amos Comenius, The Great Didactic of John Amos Comenius: “The visible world itself, from whatever point of view…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprogeneratioWiktionary, English progeneration
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1896progenerationWiktionary, English progeneration. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1896, Johan Amos Comenius, The Great Didactic of John Amos Comenius: “The visible world itself, from whatever point of view…”

Every English word from Latin progeneratio

Today it means

noun The act of begetting; propagation, bearing children, or reproduction.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “progeneration”. 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.

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