[ˈɡɪŋ.noː], [ˈd͡ʒiɲ.ɲo]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *gignō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti, the reduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”). The perfect form genuī may derive from a Proto-Italic aorist stem *gena-, itself perhaps from an original root aorist *ǵénh₁t. De Vaan suggests that the perfect participle form genitus may have replaced earlier *gnātos on the model of the aoristic form genuī. The original perfect participle may be continued by prōgnātus and nātus.
Cognate to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being, to be born, to take place”).
- conjugation-3to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to
“Īra patris fīlius stultus: et dolor mātris quae genuit eum.
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)”
- conjugation-3to produce, to cause, to yield
- conjugation-3to be born, to be begotten, to be engendered, to be produced, etc.
Formaegignō(canonical) · gignere(infinitive, present) · genuī(active, perfect) · genitum(supine) · gignō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · gignis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · gignit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · gignimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · gignitis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · gignunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · gignēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · gignēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · gignēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · gignēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · gignēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · gignēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · gignam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · gignēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · gignet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · gignēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)