Etymology

generification

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Today it means: The process of making generic; the conversion to use generics. Full definition →

Latin genus
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  1. Latin · derived fromgenus“kind, class”
  2. English todaygenerification

From Latin genus (“kind, class”). See -fy.

Words from the same roots

Latingenus all →

genericgenusextrageneous

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