-geniccomb. form

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

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: French -gène , -ic suffix; Greek -γενής , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < French -gène or its etymon ancient Greek -γενής (see -gen comb. form) + -ic suffix. In sense 2 after photogenic adj. 4.Formations are found from the early 19th cent. onwards. Compare French -génique , German -genisch , post-classical Latin -genicus , formations in all of which are found from the early 19th cent. onwards (compare e.g. forms listed at pathogenic adj.). Formations in sense 1 are frequently after nouns in -geny comb. form or -genesis comb. form. Many formations have synonyms in -genous comb. form, -genetic comb. form, or both. For late 19th-cent. comment on this, compare:1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 442 There is some confusion between the two termination ‘genic’ and ‘genetic’. I think the proper distinction is that which reserves the former, ‘genic’, for application in cases in which the word to which it is affixed qualifies a term used actively, while the other, ‘genetic’, conveys similarly a passive signification; thus agencies, causes, influences, etc., and ‘ontogenic, phylogenic, etc.’, while effects, consequences, etc., and ‘ontogenetic, phylogenetic, etc.’

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

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

2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘well suited for reproduction or dissemination in a particular medium’, as radiogenic adj.¹, telegenic adj.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	-genic
释义	-geniccomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: French -gène , -ic suffix; Greek -γενής , -ic suffix. Etymology: < French -gène or its etymon ancient Greek -γενής (see -gen comb. form) + -ic suffix. In sense 2 after photogenic adj. 4.Formations are found from the early 19th cent. onwards. Compare French -génique , German -genisch , post-classical Latin -genicus , formations in all of which are found from the early 19th cent. onwards (compare e.g. forms listed at pathogenic adj.). Formations in sense 1 are frequently after nouns in -geny comb. form or -genesis comb. form. Many formations have synonyms in -genous comb. form, -genetic comb. form, or both. For late 19th-cent. comment on this, compare:1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 442 There is some confusion between the two termination ‘genic’ and ‘genetic’. I think the proper distinction is that which reserves the former, ‘genic’, for application in cases in which the word to which it is affixed qualifies a term used actively, while the other, ‘genetic’, conveys similarly a passive signification; thus agencies, causes, influences, etc., and ‘ontogenic, phylogenic, etc.’, while effects, consequences, etc., and ‘ontogenetic, phylogenetic, etc.’ 1. a. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘generating, producing (the thing or effect specified by the first element)’, as carcinogenic adj., methanogenic adj. Cf. -genetic comb. form 2. b. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to origin or development (of the thing or a kind specified by the first element)’, as blastogenic adj., cryogenic adj. Cf. -genetic comb. form 1. 2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘well suited for reproduction or dissemination in a particular medium’, as radiogenic adj.¹, telegenic adj. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < comb. form
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