-genic

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-genic is a suffix that describes system origins, or how a system formed. It may also be used to describe the origins of specific headmates.

Related Terms
Some common origin terms that use the -genic suffix are traumagenic, endogenic, and quoigenic.

-epectic is a suffix that refers to a symbolic rather than literal origin.

-based is a suffix used when something affects a system's structure/type/etc but isn't an origin. All -based terms have a -genic counterpart.

-tien is a suffix used to describe system functions. -tien terms don't need to have a -genic counterpart, although some may.