-GENY


Meaning of -GENY in English

■ combining form denoting the mode by which something develops or is produced: orogeny.

Origin

rel. to Fr. -génie ; both forms derive from Gk -geneia , from gen- (root of gignomai 'be born, become' and genos 'a kind').

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.