genea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá). Doublet of genus.

Noun

genea f (genitive geneae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. generation
2. race, descent
3. clan

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	genea	geneae
genitive	geneae	geneārum
dative	geneae	geneīs
accusative	geneam	geneās
ablative	geneā	geneīs
vocative	genea	geneae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: genia
  • Sicilian: jinìa

    Calabrese janìa

• North Italian:
  • Ladin: giania
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: znèja
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Norman: genée, genaye

    Cauchois: genêye

    Jersey Norman: genâie

• → Albanian: gjini
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *genoria
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: genòria, genôria
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: geneuira
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Provençal: genòria

References

• Souter, Alexander (1949) “genea”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 159