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Greek _genos_ and its derivatives; Latin _genus, gens, gigno_;
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Eugenia is said of eu, which is as much to say as good, and gigno gignis, that is to engender, and so Eugenia is as much to say as well engendering.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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They contain the same element as gigno, [Greek: gignouas], and ganaman, in the same languages, signifying to beget; thus implying in each an immediate common descent of the members of a gens.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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_fides_ and _cliens_ m [e] hav the s [e] m sound az the _i_ in _gigno_ or
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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[I] ven hw [e] r a vouel disap [i] rz kompl [i] tli, az in _gigno_ for _gigeno_, in πίπτω for πιπευω the mentl ei ov the filolojist disérnz and w [e] z hwot n [o] [i] r kan
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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