Engender
/ɪnˈdʒɛn.dər/noun
To cause, produce, or give rise to something.
Did you know?Engender comes from the same Latin root as *gender* and originally meant to beget or bring forth, not just “cause,” so its history is tied to the ancient idea of creation as a kind of generation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵenh₁-
“to beget, give birth, produce”
Latin
Latin
generāre
“to beget, produce, create”
Late Latin
Latin
ingenērāre
“to beget, produce; to bring forth”
Old French
Old French
engendrer
“to beget, produce, cause to exist”
Middle English
English
engendren
“to beget, produce, generate”
Modern English
English
engender
“to cause, produce, or bring about”