engender

engender · verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromingenerāre
2. Old French · derived fromengendrer
3. Middle English · inherited fromengendren
4. English todayengender

From Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre.

engender · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
2. Proto-Italic*en
3. Proto-Italic*en-
4. Latinin-
5. Old Frenchen-
6. Middle Englishen-
7. Englishen-
8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
10. Proto-Italic*genos
11. Latingenus
12. Old Frenchgendre
13. Middle Englishgendre
14. Englishgender
15. English todayengender

From en- + gender.

First known use, by meaning

• 14th–19th c. To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
• from 14th c. To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
• from 14th c. To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
• 15th–19th c. To copulate, to have sex.
• from 20th c. To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.