genus

English

/ˈdʒiːnəs/, /ˈdʒiːnəs/

noun
Definitions
  • (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.
  • A group with common attributes.
  • (topology) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
  • (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

Etymology

Derived from Latin genus (kind, birth, origin, kjnn, born from, type, sort, descent, class, race, a race, begotten, genus), gignere (produce, beget) derived from Old Latin gegnere (produce, beget) 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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