Eugene

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΕὐγένιος“well born”
2. Latin · derived fromEugenius
3. French · borrowed fromEugène
4. English todayEugene

Borrowed from French Eugène, from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios, “well born”), from εὖ (eû, “good, well”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “born a certain way”). Parallel to eugenics. Doublet of Yevgeny, Eugenius, and Owen.

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