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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1000|origins=ine-pro *ǵenh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|ang|Genesis]], [[bor|la|genesis|t=generation, nativity]], in Late Latin the title of the first book of the Old Testament,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[grc|γένεσις|tr=génesis|t=origin, creation, generation]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|grc|γίγνομαι|tr=gígnomai|t=to be born]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|t=to give birth, beget]] (see [[kin]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first book of the Old Testament, with its account of the Creation: before 1000 in Barnhart, about 1000 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) Greek translators used the word as the title, rendering Hebrew [[hbo|בְּרֵאשִׁית|tr=bərēšīṯ|t=in the beginning]], the first word of the text.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In astrology it meant a nativity or horoscope from about 1375, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989) The general sense, origin or mode of formation, is first recorded in Cawdrey's ''Table Alphabeticall'' (1604), about 1600 in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) It is often used of the origin of ideas or works.^(OED 1989) Genetic is from the 19th century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1000 – Genesis, the book.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1375 – a horoscope (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1604 – origin, formation.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The origin or coming into being of something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Genesis: the first book of the [[Old Testament]], telling of the Creation.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[biogenesis]]

+ * [[diagenesis]]

+ * [[digenetic]]

+ * [[genetic]]

+ * [[glycogenesis]]

+ * [[hypergenesis]]

+ * [[mutagenesis]]

+ * [[neogenesis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gene]]

+ * [[generate]]

+ * [[genus]]

+ * [[kin]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}