genesis

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning”). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪn.ə.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɛnəsɪs
• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧sis

Noun

genesis (plural geneses)

1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “genesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “genesis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈnesis/ [ɡeˈne.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -esis
• Syllabification: ge‧ne‧sis

Noun

genesis (plural genesis-genesis)

1. genesis: the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being

Further reading

• “genesis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”)

Noun

genesis f (genitive genesis or geneseōs or genesios); third declension

1. generation, creation, nativity
2. birth

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

All borrowed.

• → Catalan: gènesi (learned)
• → Dutch: genese (learned)
  • → Indonesian: genesa
• → English: genesis (learned)
• → French: genèse (semi-learned)
• → Italian: genesi (learned)
• → Spanish: génesis (learned)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: genesis, genese (learned)
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: genesis, genese (learned)
• → Polish: geneza (learned)
• → Turkish: genez (learned)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation, beginning”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-.

Noun

genesis m (definite singular genesisen, indefinite plural genesisar, definite plural genesisane)

1. creation, genesis, origin

References

• “genesis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.