词根：-gen-, -gener-, -germ-

【词根含义】：生殖,出生

【词根来源】：来源于原始印欧语gen-(生育)在拉丁语中产生的词汇genus(种类),gens(人种),generare(生殖),generalis(全体的,总的,普遍的)和germen(发芽,分枝)等。

【同源单词】：benign, engine, engineer, engineering, gender

词根词缀：geno-, gen-, genit-, gener-, -gen

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: race, kind; line of descent; origin, creation; pertaining to sexual relations, reproduction, or heredity; and more recently, a gene or genes

【同源单词】abiogenesis, abiogenetic, abiogenetically, abiogenous, acrogen, acrometagenesis

词根词缀：genus, genesis-, -gen, -gene, -genesis, -genetic, -genic, -geny, -genous

【来源及含义】Latin: birth, beget; descent, origin, creation, inception, beginning, race, sort; kind, class

【同源单词】aerospace engineering, agenesis, autogenous, benign, benignant, benignantly

词根词缀：-ize

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; to act in a certain way; to treat in a certain way; to make into; to treat with; to do; to make; to cause

【相关描述】These word entries are just a small listing of the many words that exist with the -ize endings; so, be aware that there are many more words with this suffix which exist in this lexicon.

Another closely related suffix family with the same meanings, but a different spelling, is located at this -ise unit.

【同源单词】acidize, adrenalectomize, aestheticize, aggrandize, agonize, albumenize