Etymology

agenetic

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Today it means: Not genetic; that does not have a genetic cause. Full definition →

English genetic ← Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Englishgenetic
  7. English todayagenetic

From a- + genetic.

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