-genous

-genous

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Hellenic *génos
Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.
French -gènebor.
English -gen
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English -genous

    From -gen + -ous.

    Suffix

    -genous

    1. Producing or yielding.

    Derived terms

    English terms suffixed with -genous
    acropleurogenous
    adipogenous
    aerogenous
    algogenous
    alkaligenous
    amphigenous
    anthropogenous
    arthrogenous
    ascogenous
    Assyrogenous
    autogenous
    bacteriogenous
    biogenous
    blennogenous
    byssogenous
    calcigenous
    caprigenous
    capsuligenous
    carbonigenous
    carcinogenous
    cataractogenous
    cauligenous
    chaogenous
    cholerigenous
    chondrigenous
    chromatogenous
    coprogenous
    coralligenous
    cosmogenous
    cryptogenous
    cyclogenous
    cytogenous
    dysgeogenous
    echogenous
    ectogenous
    elastogenous
    encephalitogenous
    endogenous
    enterogenous
    entogenous
    entomogenous
    erogenous
    eugeogenous
    exogenous
    fibrinogenous
    gametogenous
    gasogenous
    gastrogenous
    gelatigenous
    glairigenous
    goitrigenous
    Grecogenous
    haematogenous
    hematogenous
    hepatogenous
    heterogenous
    heterogynous
    hybridogenous
    hypnogenous
    ideagenous
    ignigenous
    isogenous
    keratogenous
    lacrimogenous
    lactigenous
    liquidogenous
    lithogenous
    lymphocytogenous
    lymphogenous
    malarigenous
    marigenous
    melligenous
    merogenous
    monocytogenous
    monogenous
    mucigenous
    myelogenous
    myogenous
    necrogenous
    nepheligenous
    nephrogenous
    nubigenous
    ombrogenous
    oncogenous
    organogenous
    osteogenous
    peptogenous
    phlogogenous
    photogenous
    phyllogenous
    plasmogenous
    polygenous
    proteidogenous
    pseudogenous
    purpurogenous
    pyrogenous
    rhegmatogenous
    sanguigenous
    saxigenous
    schizogenous
    sclerogenous
    sensigenous
    skeletogenous
    spermatogenous
    spiculigenous
    spodogenous
    teratogenous
    tetanigenous
    tetragenous
    thermogenous
    trichogenous
    trigenous
    urinogenous
    urogenous
    vitelligenous
    vitellogenous
    xenogenous
    xylogenous
    zoogenous
    zymogenous

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