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8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
originCoined by Francis Galton in 1883. From ἐΰς (eǘs, “good”) + γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “breeding”), “well-bred”, “good in stock”. Parallel to Eugene. By surface analysis, eugenic + -s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- eugenic 10
- cueing 9
- scunge 9
- incuse 8
- nieces 8
- cuing 8
- genic 8
- genies 7
- genius 7
- seeing 7
- signee 7
- cense 7