Etymology

dysgenic

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Today it means: Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring. Full definition →

New Latin dys- ← Ancient Greek δυσ-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδυσ-“bad”
  2. New Latin · derived fromdys-
  3. English todaydysgenic

From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).

Words from the same roots

New Latindys- all →

dys-

Ancient Greekδυσ- all →

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