-genic

See also: genic and -gènic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Hellenic *génos

Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Proto-Hellenic *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.

French -gènebor.

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English -genic

Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/
Hyphenation: gen‧ic

Suffix

-genic (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)

Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
‎carcino- + ‎-genic → ‎carcinogenic (“tending to cause cancer”)
Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.
‎bacterio- + ‎-genic → ‎bacteriogenic (“caused by bacteria”)
Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced.
‎tele- + ‎-genic → ‎telegenic (“attractive to television viewers”)

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -genic

adrenalinogenic

anaphylactogenic

atherothrombogenic

cholesterogenic

coprostanoligenic

dyskinesiogenic

dysmyelinogenic

encephalitogenic

enterotoxigenic

fibrochondrogenic

Related terms

Translations

generated

German: -gen (de)
Greek: -γενής (el) (-genís)
Polish: -twórczy (pl), -rodny, -genny

References

“-genic, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2008.

Anagrams

Cegin

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