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Genus

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a taxonomic classification of organisms, ranking above species
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Stage 1 of 2
genus
Latin · ancient
"birth, race, kind"
birth, race, kind, from the same root as gene and genesis
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Stage 2 of 2
genus
English · 1600s
"a taxonomic group above species and below family"
adopted directly as the biological classification above species
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