Etymograph

English

progenocide

From pro- + genocide.

A compound of pro- + genocide

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’

Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’

English pro-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’

Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’

Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, kind’

English genocide

Today it means

adj In favor of genocide.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “progenocide”. 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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