English
protogenos
Protogenos comes from Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος ‘first-born’, from γόνος ‘offspring’, 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*ǵónh₁os2‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγόνος3‘offspring’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπρωτόγονος4prōtógonos‘first-born’
- Englishtodayprotogenos4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek γόνος
- 3 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος
- 4 Wiktionary, English protogenos
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónh₁osWiktionary, Ancient Greek γόνος‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγόνοςWiktionary, Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος‘offspring’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπρωτόγονοςWiktionary, English protogenosprōtógonos‘first-born’
- EnglishtodayprotogenosWiktionary, English protogenos
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, general, nature, nation, german, native, engine, generation, pregnant, gender, genuine, genetic, ken, genius, gene, oxygen, gentle, genre, indigenous, naive, kin, innate, genocide, noel, natal, hydrogen, genus, nee, nativity, nada, genital, ingenious, germ, janata, nascent, puny, gentile, jaunty, gens, 111 more
Today it means
noun Any of the first order of deities to come into existence, according to Greek cosmogony.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “protogenos”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os, Ancient Greek γόνος, Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος. 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- / protogenos