gen
word forming element meaning ‘something produced, thing that produces or causes’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. -gène < Gk. -genes ‘born of, produced by’ < genos ‘birth,’ genea ‘race, family’ < jen < gene- < Tamil īṉ
gen
word forming element meaning ‘something produced, thing that produces or causes’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. -gène < Gk. -genes ‘born of, produced by’ < genos ‘birth,’ genea ‘race, family’ < jen < gene- < Tamil īṉ
Technical words derived from 'gen'
carcinogen - புற்றுநோய்வளர்ச்சி - தூண்டி; cryogen - உறைகலவை; hydrogen - "ஹைட்ரஜன், நீரகம்"; pathogen - "நோய்மூலம், நோயாக்கி"; phellogen - பட்டை வளர்திசு.
English words derived from Tamil īṉ connoting 'beget'