different between genesis vs infancy
genesis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth, production”), from *?enh?-. Related to Ancient Greek ???????? (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???n.?.s?s/
Noun
genesis (plural geneses)
- The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
- Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.
Translations
Further reading
- genesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- genesis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Giesens, seeings, signees
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth, production”), from *?enh?-.
Noun
genesis f (genitive genesis or genese?s or genesios); third declension
- generation, creation, nativity
- birth
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- Catalan: gènesi
- English: genesis
- Spanish: génesis
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (génesis, “origin, creation, beginning”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth, production”), from *?enh?-.
Noun
genesis m (definite singular genesisen, indefinite plural genesisar, definite plural genesisane)
- creation, genesis, origin
References
- “genesis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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infancy
English
Etymology
From Latin ?nfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant +? -cy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nf?nsi/
Noun
infancy (countable and uncountable, plural infancies)
- The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
- The state of being an infant.
- (figuratively) An early stage in the development of anything.
- Space tourism is still in its infancy.
- (law) The state of being a minor.
Synonyms
(earliest period of childhood):
- infanthood
- babyhood
(state of being an infant):
- babyship
(state of being a minor):
- infanthood
Translations
infancy From the web:
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- infancy what does it mean
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