genesta

== Latin == === Alternative forms === genista === Etymology === A loan of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷₑnestā, compared with Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “bramble”), though Beekes derives the latter from a Mediterranean loan (likely a substrate language). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛˈnɛs.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒeˈnɛs.ta] === Noun === genesta f (genitive genestae); first declension broom (plant) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “genesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “genesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “genesta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 708. genesta in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 2915–2916 Linguistic Society of America (1966): Language Monographs, p. 77