Etymology

dysgenesic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis. Full definition →

English dysgenesis ← Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *génetis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dus-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dus-
  4. Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
  5. New Latindys-
  6. Englishdys-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
  9. Proto-Hellenic*génetis
  10. Ancient Greekγένεσῐς (génesĭs)
  11. Englishdysgenesis
  12. English todaydysgenesic

From dysgenesis + -ic.

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