-genic

Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen.

• IPA^(key): /-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/
• Hyphenation: gen‧ic

-genic (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)

1. Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.

   ‎carcino- + ‎-genic → ‎carcinogenic (“tending to cause cancer”)

2. Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.

   ‎bacterio- + ‎-genic → ‎bacteriogenic (“caused by bacteria”)

3. Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced.

   ‎tele- + ‎-genic → ‎telegenic (“attractive to television viewers”)

• “-genic, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2008.

• Cegin