genetic
adj.
1831, "pertaining to origins," coined by Carlyle as if from from Greek genetikos from genesis "origin" (see genesis). Darwin used it biologically as "resulting from common origin" (1859); modern sense of "pertaining to genetics or genes" is from 1908 (see gene). Related: Genetically. Genetical is attested from 1650s as "pertaining to origins."
〔李〕[gen=birth or origin出生,起源;-etic a.=of……的→“of birth or origin about plants and animals关于动植物的发生或起源的”→] a. of heredity or variation of animals and plants遗传的(关于动植物的遗传和变异的)