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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Genesis noun ETYMOLOGY Greek DATE before 12th century : the mainly narrative first book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scriptures — see bible tablegen·e·sis ETYMOLOGY Latin, from Greek, from gignesthai to be born — more at kin DATE circa 1604 : the origin or coming into being of something the genesis of a new political movement English Etymology genesis O.E., from L. genesis, adopted as title of first book of Old Testament in Vulgate, from Gk. genesis "origin, creation, generation," from gignesthai "to be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus). As such, it translated Heb. bereshith,lit. "in the beginning," which was the first word of the text, taken in error as its title. Extended sense of "origin, creation" first recorded in Eng. 1604. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 genesis gen·esis / 5dVenEsis / noun[sing.] (formal) the beginning or origin of sth 开端；创始；起源 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun Synonyms: BEGINNING , alpha, commencement, dawn, dawning, opening, outset, outstart, setout, start Related Words: provenance, provenience Contrasted Words: cessation, conclusion, culmination, end, finish, termination Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged gen·e·sis \ˈjenəsə̇s\ noun (plural gene·ses \-əˌsēz\) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from the stem of gignesthai to be born — more at kin : the origin or coming into being of anything : development into being especially by growth or evolution : the process or mode of origin < the genesis of a book > < the genesis of a culture pattern > < the genesis of a disease > |
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