engineer

English

/ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪɹ/, /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪə/

noun
Definitions
  • A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
  • (Philippines) A title given to an engineer.
  • (chiefly) A person who controls motion of substance (such as a locomotive).
  • (nautical) A person employed in the engine room of a ship.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English engyneour derived from Old French engigneor derived from Latin ingeniator derived from Old Latin genere suffix from English engine (noun) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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