-geny
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Production; generation; origin:
产生；发生；起源：
ontogeny.
个体发生学
语源
- Greek -geneia
希腊语 -geneia - from -genēs [born] * see genə-
源自 -genēs [出生] *参见 genə-
-geny
combining form in countable noun
indicating origin or manner of development
⇒
phylogeny
Derived Forms
-genic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek -geneia, from -genēs born-geny
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “origin,” used in the formation of compound words:
phylogeny.
Origin
1885-90; < Greek -geneia. See -gen, -y3
Related Words
- -genic
- dissogeny
- embryogeny
- endogeny
- epeirogeny
- homogeny
-genya suffix meaning 'origin', as in phylogeny.
[Greek -geneia, from -genēs born, produced. See -gen]-geny
noun combining form
phylogeny
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY Greek -geneia act of being born, from -genēs born — more at -gen
: generation : productionphylogeny
-geny
combining form
- denoting the mode by which something develops or is produced表示“发展”; “发生”：
-
orogeny
organogeny.
词源
related to French - génie; both forms derive from Greek -geneia, from gen- （root of gignomai 'be born, become' and genos 'a kind'）.
-geny
word-forming element meaning "genesis, origin, mode of production," forming corresponding abstract nouns to words in -gen, from French -génie and Modern Latin -genia, from Greek -geneia, from -genes "born, produced," the form in compounds of genos (see genus).
ORIGIN: Corresp. to French -génie , both repr. Greek -geneia , forming nouns from adjectives in -genēs .
-ge·ny
\jənē, -ni\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: Greek -geneia act of being born, from -genēs born + -ia -y — more at -gen
: generation : production : science of origin
< chrondrogeny >
< morphogeny >
< ontogeny >
< chrondrogeny >
< morphogeny >
< ontogeny >
-geny
Suffix
- production
- generation
- origin
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -geny