Etymology of the English word genre
the English word
genrederived from the Old French word
genrederived from the Old French word
gendrederived from the Latin word
genus (birth, descent, origin; noble birth; kind, sort)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-derived from the Latin word
gener (son-in-law)
Date
The earliest known usage of genre in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
subgenreCognates
Dutch
genre, Dutch
genus, English
genus, French
genre, German
Genre, German
Genus, Italian
genere, Norwegian
genre, Norwegian
genus, Portuguese
genero, Spanish
genero, Swedish
genre, Swedish
genusUsage
Word found in Modern English
