genuine

• adj.真実の、本物の、誠実な

語源はgenerateと同じ。

genuine

genuine: [16] Latin genu meant ‘knee’ (it comes from the same Indo-European ancestor as English knee, and gave English genuflection [16]). In Rome and elsewhere in the ancient world, it was the convention for a father to acknowledge a newly-born child as his own by placing it on his knee – hence the child was genuinus.
=> genuflection, knee

genuine (adj.)

1590s, "natural, not acquired," from Latin genuinus "native, natural, innate," from root of gignere "beget" (see genus), perhaps influenced in form by contrasting adulterinus "spurious." [Alternative etymology is from Latin genu "knee," from a supposed ancient custom of a father acknowledging paternity of a newborn by placing it on his knee.] Meaning "really proceeding from its reputed source" is from 1660s. Related: Genuinely; genuineness.

1. It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees.

真の難民を送還して帰国するのは政府の政策ではない。

2.This was a genuine mistake,but it did cause me some worry.

これは善意で間違ったことをしたが、確かにしばらく心配していた。

3.It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge.

彼は人をだますトリックを本当の知識と勘違いすることはできない。

4.Customers know that our stocktake sales offer genuine markdowns across the store.

お客様は私たちの在庫一掃セールが実際に満場の値下げであることを知っています。

5.The government divides asylum-seekers into economic migrants and genuine refugees.

政府は避難を求める人を経済移民と真の難民に分類している。