genesis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin genesis (“‘generation, nativity’”) < Ancient Greek γένεσις (genesis), “‘origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation’”) < γίγνεσθαι second aor. γενέσθαι (“‘to be produced, become, be’”).

[edit] Noun

genesis (plural geneses)

1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

   Some point to the creation of the Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.

[edit] Translations

Dutch: genese nl(nl) f. Finnish: alku fi(fi) French: genèse f.

German: Genese f., Genesis f. Japanese: 創世期 (そうせいき, sōseiki) Spanish: génesis es(es) f. Swedish: uppkomst, tillblivelse Turkish: yaratılış

[edit] External links

• genesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• genesis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911