generic English · revision 7733

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1676|origins=la genus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|générique]],^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) or formed in English from Latin gener-, the stem of [[m|la|genus|t=race, kind]] (see [[genus]]), and [[-ic]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|alt=*gene-|t=to give birth, beget]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Belonging to a genus or class, general: 1676 in Barnhart, the OED and MWU, the 1670s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The noun is first recorded in 1807.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) Of a name used generally for a type of product, it is from 1849.^(OED 1989) A drug name given so that it may be freely used is from 1953,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and of groceries without a brand name, often in plain cheap packaging, from 1977.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In biology it means relating to a genus, as in the generic name.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1676 – belonging to a class.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1807 – the noun.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1849 – of a general product name.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1953 – of drugs.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1977 – of unbranded groceries.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to a whole group or class; [[general]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(biology)'' Of or relating to a [[genus]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Without a [[trademark]] or brand name.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A product, such as a drug, sold without a brand name.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[generically]]

+ * [[genericness]]

+ * [[genericalness]]

+ * [[bigeneric]]

+ * [[intergeneric]]

+ * [[nongeneric]]

+ * [[pseudogeneric]]

+ * [[supergeneric]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gender]]

+ * [[genus]]

+ * [[genre]]

+ * [[general]]

+ * [[generate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}