"-genic" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|-gène}} French -gène, {{bor|en|grc|-γενής||offspring; kind}} Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), {{affix|en|-ic}} -ic, {{m|en|-gen}} -gen Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -genic, {{en-suffix}} -genic
  1. producing or generating something Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--genic-en-suffix-NdGrGUDu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 38
  2. produced or generated by something Tags: morpheme Translations (generated): -gen (German), -γενής (-genís) (Greek), -twórczy (Polish), -rodny (Polish), -genny (Polish)
    Sense id: en--genic-en-suffix-Bw0jJct0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 38 Disambiguation of 'generated': 19 64 17
  3. suitable to be produced, or reproduced Tags: morpheme Related terms: -gen, -gene, -genous, -geny
    Sense id: en--genic-en-suffix-A868fLdK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 30 28 42

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