Business name word

Generation

The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.

Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

What “Generation” means

Noun

  1. The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
  2. The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
  3. Race, family; breed.
  4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
  5. Descendants, progeny; offspring.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin generō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin generātiōbor. Old French generacionbor. ▲ Latin generātiōbor. Middle English generacioun English generation Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Old French generacion, and its etymon Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion.

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