The genesis of something is its beginning. The genesis of the idea, trace the genesis, from its genesis.
It is formal and means the origin rather than merely the start — you look for the genesis of a plan to explain how it came about. Genesis is also the first book of the Bible, named from the Greek for origin, and the word is capitalised there.
1noungenesisThe beginning of something.
“The book tells the genesis of the company, from a sketch on a napkin to a global business.”
genesis is a beginning.
Also accepted in games: commencement
Greek genesis means origin or coming into being, from the root behind gignesthai, to be born.
Latin
genesis
English, today
genesis
Borrowed from Latin genesis. Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (“origin, source, beginning”). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (“to be produced, become, be”). a doublet of kind and gens and jati.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA