genetic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  2. adjective of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
  3. adjective pertaining to or referring to origin

Etymology

Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.

In classic literature

Synonyms

familial, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible

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