genesis
n
(pl geneses)
1 (fml 文) beginning; starting-point; origin 起源; 开端; 创始
the genesis of civilization 文明的起源.
2 Genesis (Bible 圣经) the first book of the Old Testament, describing the creation of the world 《创世记》(《旧约》首卷).
is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the vernacular of his family.