Genese

Genese
This is a very interesting surname which apparently has been long recorded in England, what is much more difficult to decide is the origin. There are in fact several "candidates" for this, it could be Irish from the same "root" as Guinness, (Mag-Aonghuis), translating as the "son of Angus" and found in early English recordings as Giness (1734) and Gines (1768). However it is much more likely to be of French origin and to derive from either "genes" (from the Latin "Genesius"), meaning "one who is well born", or "Genest", a habitational or job descriptive name for one who lived by or planted vegetables. Both these names are recorded heraldically for France, whilst in the modern spelling David Genese is found at St. Andrews Church, Holborn on October 20th 1855. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Geenous, which was dated August 1657, a witness at St. Botolphs church, Bishopgate, London, during the reign of Oliver Cromwell, "The Lord Protector", 1650 - 1658. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • genèse — [ ʒənɛz ] n. f. • v. 1119; lat. genesis « naissance, génération »; mot gr. 1 ♦ La Genèse : premier livre de la Bible qui contient le récit de la Création. ♢ Par ext. ⇒ cosmogonie. 2 ♦ (av. 1865) Ensemble des formes ou des éléments qui ont… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • -genèse — ou vieilli génèse, génésie ♦ Groupes suffixaux, du gr. genesis « naissance, formation, production » : biogenèse, épigénèse, parthénogenèse. ⇒ génie. génèse, genèse, génésie élément, du lat. genesis, naissance, formation, production . ⇒ GENÈSE, (… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • -génèse — genèse ou vieilli génèse, génésie ♦ Groupes suffixaux, du gr. genesis « naissance, formation, production » : biogenèse, épigénèse, parthénogenèse. ⇒ génie. génèse, genèse, génésie élément, du lat. genesis, naissance, formation, production . ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • -genese — (von griechisch γένεσις, genesis ‚Geburt‘, ‚Ursprung‘ ‚ ‚Entstehung‘) ist als zweiter Wortteil eines Kompositums Bestandteil zahlreicher Fremd und Fachwörter. Bei Adjektiven wird anstelle von ‚ genese‘ gen ergänzt. Beispiele • Aktualgenese… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Genese — (von griechisch γένεσις, genesis ‚Geburt‘, ‚Entstehung‘) ist als zweiter Wortteil eines Kompositums Bestandteil zahlreicher Fremd und Fachwörter. Bei Adjektiven wird anstelle von ‚ genese‘ gen ergänzt. Einige Beispiele: • Aktualgenese konkrete… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Genese — Sf Entstehung per. Wortschatz fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt über frz. genèse und l. genesis aus gr. génesis Entstehung , zu gr. gígnesthai entstehen ( gen). Häufig auch Genesis, meist in Anlehnung an Genesis Schöpfungsbericht (als Titel… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • gênese — s. f. 1. A geração; sucessão dos seres. 2. Origem. 3. Sistema cosmogônico. 4. Conjunto dos fatos ou elementos que concorrem para a formação de alguma coisa.   ♦ Grafia em Portugal: génese …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • génese — s. f. 1. A geração; sucessão dos seres. 2. Origem. 3. Sistema cosmogônico. 4. Conjunto dos fatos ou elementos que concorrem para a formação de alguma coisa.   ♦ Grafia no Brasil: gênese …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • ...genese — genese,   Wortbildungselement, ...gen …   Universal-Lexikon

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