Translation
generation
Word origin
From Latin generatio, the act of begetting, on generare and behind it genus ('birth, kind'). English generation, genus and genesis all trace back to that root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- generatio
- English cognates
- generation, genus, genesis
Examples
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Every generation has to learn the language afresh.
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Three generations live in the same house.
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The young generation thinks about other things.
means the cohort of people, not the making of anything: for the technical sense of generating power or text, Esperanto uses i and o. The two live on the same root but are not swappable. Watch the spelling as well - a c where English has a t, pronounced ts, so the word runs --ra-TSI-o with the stress on the .
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