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Added 9 October 2026

genesis

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/ noun

Latin root: genesis Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about genesis at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

Origin

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.

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