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genesis

noun
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs//ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning”). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati.

  1. derived from γένεσις
  2. borrowed from genesis

Definitions

  1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

    • Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.

  2. The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at genesis. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at genesis. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at genesis

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA