Genesis
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genesis¹
- /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
- /ˈd͡ʒɪn.ə.sɪs/ pin pen merger
Rhymes with -ɛnəsɪs
Where it comes from
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.
noun geneses
- 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.
Genesis²
- /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).
proper noun
- The first book in the Hebrew Bible. The Book of Genesis names Noah as the first winegrower. After rescuing humans and animals during the Great Flood he is said to have planted the first vines on Earth.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
