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-genesis

-genesis suffix: origin.

Suffix

-genesis (plural -geneses)

  1. origin
    Synonyms:
    -gony
  2. production

Synonyms of -genesis

Antonyms

Forms of -genesis

plural-geneses

Origin of -genesis

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis). The simplex genesis is in use as a common noun (as opposed to Genesis, the name of the biblical book) since the late 16th century, as a suffix since the mid 17th century (attested in epigenesis and palingenesis). Influenced by French -génésie and German -genese and productive in scientific vocabulary from the 19th century on.

Questions about -genesis

What does -genesis mean?
-genesis means origin.
What part of speech is -genesis?
-genesis is a suffix.

Words near -genesis in the dictionary

  1. -geddon
  2. -gem
  3. -gen
  4. -gene
  5. -geneses
  6. -genesis
  7. -genic
  8. -genin
  9. -genous
  10. -geny
  11. -gerous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -genesis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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