Etymology

genin

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Ancient Greek γένος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγένος
  2. English todaygenin

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos) + -in. By surface analysis, gene + -in.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγένος all →

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