ἐκγίγνομαι

Ancient Greek

verb
Definitions
  • to be born with the father in the genitive or the mother in the dative
  • to come into being
  • (in the aorist) to pass of time
  • (in the passive) to be allowed

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (be born, come into being, become, I come into being, be, come into existence, be produced, breeding, take place) 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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