Editing Historical race concepts (section)

==Etymology==
The word "race", interpreted to mean an identifiable group of people who share a [[common descent]], was introduced into [[English language|English]] in the 16th century from the Old French ''{{Wikt-lang|fr|rasse}}'' (1512), from Italian ''{{Wikt-lang|it|razza}}'': the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] cites the earliest example around the mid-16th century and defines its early meaning as a "group of people belonging to the same family and descended from a common ancestor".<ref>“Race, N. (6).”, I.1.a., Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, March 2024, <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/5821361223</nowiki>.</ref> It also introduces the first use of the word "race" as a term referring to an "ethnic group" in 1572.<ref>“Race, N. (6).”, I.1.b., Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, March 2024, <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/582136122</nowiki></ref> An earlier but etymologically distinct word for a similar concept was the Latin word ''{{Wikt-lang|la|genus}}'' meaning a group sharing qualities related to birth, descent, origin, race, stock, or family; this Latin word is [[cognate]] with the Greek words "genos", ({{Wikt-lang|el|γένος}}) meaning "race or kind", and "gonos", which has meanings related to "birth, offspring, stock ...".<ref name=OEDHarper>{{cite web| url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=genus | title= Online Etymology Dictionary | work= genus | publisher= Douglas Harper | access-date = March 31, 2008}}</ref>