-geny

-geny

(word root) origin

Examples of words with the root -geny: progeny

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-geny

suff.

Production; generation; origin: ontogeny.

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[Greek -geneia, from -genēs, born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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-geny

n combining form

indicating origin or manner of development: phylogeny.

[from Greek -geneia, from -genēs born]

-genic adj combining form

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Gen Y

or GenY

(ˈdʒɛn ˈwaɪ)
n.

Generation Y.

[1990–95]

-geny

a combining form meaning “development,” “formation,” “growth” of the thing, or in the place or manner specified by the initial element: phylogeny.

[1885–90; < Greek -geneia. See -gen, -y³]

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