Etymology

amphigenous

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Ancient Greek γένος
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amphigenous · adjective1

From amphi- + -genous.

amphigenous · adjective2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγένος“gender”
  2. English todayamphigenous

From amphi- + Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “gender”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγένος all →

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