-geneticcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: genetic adj.

Etymology: < genetic adj.Words with this terminal element are attested from the first half of the 19th cent. onwards. Most are formed with initial combining forms, usually after nouns in -genesis comb. form or -geny comb. form. Many have synonyms in -genous comb. form, -genic comb. form, or both. Formations are found from the first half of the 19th cent. Compare French -génétique , German -genetisch , formations in both of which are also found from the first half of the 19th cent. Many words with this terminal element could alternatively be analysed as showing an initial combining form + genetic adj.

1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to origin or development (of the thing or a kind specified by the first element)’, as biogenetic adj., lysigenetic adj., phylogenetic adj. Cf. -genic comb. form 1b.

2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘generating, producing (the thing or effect specified by the first element)’, as photogenetic adj., porphyrogenetic adj. Cf. -genic comb. form 1a.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-genetic
释义	-geneticcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: genetic adj. Etymology: < genetic adj.Words with this terminal element are attested from the first half of the 19th cent. onwards. Most are formed with initial combining forms, usually after nouns in -genesis comb. form or -geny comb. form. Many have synonyms in -genous comb. form, -genic comb. form, or both. Formations are found from the first half of the 19th cent. Compare French -génétique , German -genetisch , formations in both of which are also found from the first half of the 19th cent. Many words with this terminal element could alternatively be analysed as showing an initial combining form + genetic adj. 1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to origin or development (of the thing or a kind specified by the first element)’, as biogenetic adj., lysigenetic adj., phylogenetic adj. Cf. -genic comb. form 1b. 2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘generating, producing (the thing or effect specified by the first element)’, as photogenetic adj., porphyrogenetic adj. Cf. -genic comb. form 1a. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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