genesis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-. Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
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Noun
genesis (plural geneses)
- The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
- Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.
- 1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, →ISBN, LCCN 80-12528, OCLC 491281276, OL 4098205M, page 91:
- The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century B.C., but certainly predate the year 655 B.C., were unearthed in 1956-1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.
Derived terms
- soil genesis
Translations
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Further reading
- genesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- genesis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-.
Noun
genesis f (genitive genesis or geneseōs or genesios); third declension
- generation, creation, nativity
- birth
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | genesis | genesēs geneseis |
Genitive | genesis geneseōs genesios | genesium |
Dative | genesī | genesibus |
Accusative | genesim genesin genesem1 | genesēs genesīs |
Ablative | genesī genese1 | genesibus |
Vocative | genesis genesi | genesēs geneseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- → 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)
- → 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)
- creation, genesis, origin
References
- “genesis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.