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generic (adj.)
1670s, "belonging to a large group of objects," formed in English from Latin
gener-
, stem of
genus
"kind" (see
genus
) +
-ic
. Sense of "not special, not brand-name; in plain, cheap packaging," of groceries, etc., is from 1977.
