FR -- Genasi Origin?

[W E Ray]

Where did Monte Cook find the name, "Genasi" -- or, if he made it up, what was the inspiration?

I like Air Genasi, Earth, Fire and Water Genasi as names more than Sylph, Oread, Ifrit and the water one.

(Speaking of god, er, Monte Cook, what has he been doing recently?)

[Shadowborn]

Well, aside from working with WotC again, there's this.

[Bellona]

I always thought that "genasi" was derivative from "genie", seeing as the genasi reflect one of the four classical elements as do the genies (the djinn, efreet, marid, and dao/shaitan). Plus, a genie is a logical choice for an elemental ancestor.