gen / gon
birth, race, kind, origin
Greek · genos (γένος); gignomai
Greek genos means birth or kind, and gignomai means to become. In science words it often means "producer of": hydrogen produces water, a carcinogen produces cancer, genetics studies birth traits.
Memory trick
Gen: a jenny donkey bears a foal, so gen gives birth to new things.
Words from this root
- genesis (gen + esis) — the origin or beginningउत्पत्ति, आरंभ
- genetic (gen + etic) — about inherited traits from birthआनुवंशिक
- genetics (gen + etics) — the study of inherited traitsआनुवंशिकी
- genocide (geno + cide) — the killing of a whole raceनरसंहार
- gonad (gon + ad) — an organ that produces cells for birthजननग्रंथि
- hydrogen (hydro + gen) — the water-forming gasहाइड्रोजन
- oxygen (oxy + gen) — the acid-forming gas we breatheऑक्सीजन
- carcinogen (carcino + gen) — a substance that produces cancerकैंसरकारी पदार्थ
- carcinogenic (carcino + gen + ic) — able to produce cancerकैंसरजनक
- homogeneous (homo + gene + ous) — of the same kind throughoutएकसमान
- heterogeneous (hetero + gene + ous) — made of different kindsविषम, भिन्न प्रकार का
- androgen (andro + gen) — a hormone that produces male traitsपुरुष हार्मोन
- antigen (anti + gen) — a substance that produces antibodiesप्रतिजन, एंटीजन