English
sensigenous
Sensigenous comes from Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os1‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génos1‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένος1génos‘race, stock, kin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1877sensigenous1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English sensigenous
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1877, Thomas Henry Huxley: “it is becoming clear that the more perfect the…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, English sensigenous‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁osWiktionary, English sensigenous‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génosWiktionary, English sensigenous‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένοςWiktionary, English sensigenousgénos‘race, stock, kin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1877sensigenousWiktionary, English sensigenous. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1877, Thomas Henry Huxley: “it is becoming clear that the more perfect the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, nature, nation, german, native, engine, pregnant, genuine, genetic, ken, generate, gentle, genius, generic, naive, kin, generous, transgender, innate, noel, natal, genesis, regeneration, indigenous, generosity, nee, nativity, nada, genital, genealogy, germ, janata, nascent, degeneration, puny, ingenious, gentile, cognate, generative, 98 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
general, generation, gender, gene, genuinely, genre, genus, 28 more
through Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’
through Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’
Today it means
adj Causing or exciting sensation.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sensigenous”. 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- / sensigenous