Etymology

generational

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or changing over generations. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English generation ← Middle English generacioun
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  3. Proto-Italic*genos
  4. Latingenus
  5. Latingenerō
  6. Latingenerātiō
  7. Old Frenchgeneracion
  8. Latingenerātiō
  9. Middle Englishgeneracioun
  10. Englishgeneration
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. English todaygenerational

From generation + -al.

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