γένος
génos
“birth, stock”
9 words in English grow from this root.
Eugene
Everydayεὖeû
“well born”
Eugenia
Everydayεὖeû
“well born”
Eugenics
Politicsεὖeû
“good breeding”
Gene
Scienceγένοςgénos
“birth-thing”
Genocide
Politicsγένοςgénos
“killing of a people”
Genome
Scienceγένοςgénos
“the gene body”
Heterogeneous
Numberἕτεροςhéteros
“of another kind”
Homogeneous
Numberὁμόςhomós
“of the same kind”
Isogeny
Numberἴσοςísos
“same origin”