Gen(e) [Gene, Gen]

Morpheme

Gen(e) [Gene, Gen]

Type

bound base

Denotation

tribe, race, offspring, descendant, lineage, class, sort, kind

Etymology

Ancient Greek -genēs, from génos

Evidence

aneugeny, anthropogeny, carcinogenic , collagen, endogeny, eugenics, -gen, -genic, geno-, genocide, genotype, -genous, -geny, homogeneous, homogenized, homogeny, iatrogenic, isogeny, mutagen, pathogen, phosgene, xylogen, zoogenic, zoogenous

See Also

Gene, Gene, Gene, Genu, Gener, Geni, Gent, Germ, Gn, Gone, N, Nasc, Naiss

Homographs

Gene, Gene, Gene, -gen