genesis的词源

英文词源

genesis (n.)

Old English Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, which tells among other things of the creation of the world, from Latin genesis "generation, nativity," in Late Latin taken as the title of first book of the Old Testament, from Greek genesis "origin, creation, generation," from gignesthai "to be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus). Greek translators used the word as the title of the biblical book, rendering Hebrew bereshith, literally "in the beginning," which was the first word of the text, taken as its title. Extended sense of "origin, creation" first recorded in English c. 1600.

中文词源

genesis：起源，开端

来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：genesis 词源，genesis 含义。

genesis：创始，起源，发生 

词根词缀： -gen-生殖,出生 + -esis名词词尾