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genesis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
• (US) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒɪn.ə.sɪs/ (pin-pen-merger)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning”). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.

Meanings

1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
   • Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.
   • The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were unearthed in 1956–1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province. 1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:

Forms

Deriveds

glottogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · oögenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · corticogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · morpholithogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · diagenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · glycerogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · perigenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · hypergenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · myelinogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · glycogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · acrometagenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · mucogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · speleogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · mutagenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · teleogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · isogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · thrombogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · cisgenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · digenetic (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · karyogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · costamerogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · neogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · estrogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · anthogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · gonadogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · merogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · endogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · lobulogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · Genesis Planet (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · magnetogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · progenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · microgenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · macrogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · haematogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · folliculogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · leptogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · Planet Genesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · pangenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · radiogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · biogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · soil genesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · lithogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · cosmogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · collaterogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · entheogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · eogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · genetic (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · regenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · kinetogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · eugenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · cogenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis) · ovigenesis (some may be derived from suffix -genesis)

Translations (56)

nn tilbliing (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ka წარმოშობა (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · pl początek (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · tr ülkü (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ru генезис (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · nn genese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · fr genèse (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sq zanafillë (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sh постанак (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sh генеза (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · gl xénese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ta தோற்றம் (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · fi alku (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · pl powstanie (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ja 起源 (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ta பிறப்பு (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · bn আগাজ (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ru происхожде́ние (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ar تَكْوِين (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sv uppkomst (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · nb tilblivelse (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sh geneza (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · pt gênese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · fa بوش (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · pdt Aunfank (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · nn tilverting (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · bn ইবতিদা (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ka დასაწყისი (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · pl geneza (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · nb genese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sv tillblivelse (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · pt génese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · cmn 創始 /创始 (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sh postanak (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · bn পয়দায়েশ (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · cmn 起源 (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · nl wording (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · da tilblivelse (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · es génesis (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · fa پیدایش (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · nl genese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · nl oorsprong (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ml ഉല്പത്തി (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · da genese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ja 創世期 (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sa उत्पाद (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ka გენეზისი (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · bg произход (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · sq nisja (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · de Genese (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ca gènesi (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · pdt Häakunft (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · de Genesis (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · cmn 開端 /开端 (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · tr yaratılış (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) · ru возникнове́ние (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being)