By adding prefixes and suffixes to root words it creates a whole new word. The root word "gen" means "birth" or "kind".
In Latin the root gen- means (a) people, ethnic group, race, a breed. In English we have the words generation and genocide from this root. Note also ius gentium - the law of nations - international law.
In Latin the root gen- means (a) people, ethnic group, race, a breed. In English we have the words generation and genocide from this root. Note also ius gentium - the law of nations - international law.
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The root in the word generic is "gen". Gen or gene, is normally referred to as the beginning or base of.
"generation, geneticist, gene, genealogy, genetics" all contain the root word gen.
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The greek root for birth or race is gen
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Both Greek and Latin had words in gen- derived from an original Proto-Indo-European root gen-, meaning "produce, beget," and there are words in English from both sources. For example, "generate" is from Latin generare, while the "gen" in "hydrogen" is from Greek genos.The same Proto-Indo-European root survives, with a sound modification typical of the Germanic language family, in native English words such as "kind" and "kin."
I believe it is Re- but if it is just generation it is Gen-.
The root word of "gender" is "gen," which comes from the Latin word "genus" meaning kind or type.