اتیمولوژی جنس

جنس معرّب از هندواروپایی به نظر می رسد و در قاموس قرآن نیامده است:

जनुस् m. janus genus

در فارسی گونه (از ریشهٔ اوستایی جِنی: زادن) صورتی از این واژه به نظر می رسد.

genus (n.)

(Latin plural genera), 1550s as a term of logic, "kind or class of things" (biological sense dates from c. 1600), from Latin genus (genitive generis) "race, stock, kind; family, birth, descent, origin" (from suffixed form of PIE root *gene- "give birth, beget," with derivatives referring to procreation and familial and tribal groups).

جنس:

Probably from Classical Syriac ܓܸܢܣܵܐ‎ (gensā), which is in turn probably from Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Alternatively, but much less likely, from Latin genus from the same Indo-European etymon.