genea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá). Doublet of genus.

Noun

genea f (genitive geneae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. generation
  2. race, descent
  3. clan

Declension
  • First-declension noun.
Case Singular Plural
Nominative genea geneae
Genitive geneae geneārum
Dative geneae geneīs
Accusative geneam geneās
Ablative geneā geneīs
Vocative genea geneae

Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: genia
    • Sicilian: jinìa
      Calabrese janìa
  • North Italian:
    • Ladin: giania
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Emilian: znèja
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Norman: genée, genaye
      Cauchois: genêye
      Jersey Norman: genâie
  • → Albanian: gjini
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *genoria
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Franco-Provençal: genòria, genôria
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Piedmontese: geneuira
    • Occitano-Romance:
      • Provençal: genòria

References
  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “genea”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 159
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