-genic
Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
Suffix
- Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
- carcino- + -genic → carcinogenic (“tending to cause cancer”)
- Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.
- bacterio- + -genic → bacteriogenic (“caused by bacteria”)
- Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced.
- tele- + -genic → telegenic (“attractive to television viewers”)
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen.