English
gentile
Gentile comes from Latin gentīlis ‘of or belonging to the same people or nation’, from gēns ‘clan’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gentisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgēns‘clan’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlis‘of or belonging to the same people or nation’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gentil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgentil
- Englishearliest quotation 1611gentile
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gentisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgēns‘clan’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlis‘of or belonging to the same people or nation’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gentil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgentil
- Englishearliest quotation 1611gentile
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And he said, It is a light thing that…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
king, general, nature, german, engine, native, pregnant, generation, gender, kindness, genuine, ken, genius, generate, indigenous, generous, gene, oxygen, naive, genre, nationalism, kin, noel, hydrogen, genocide, innate, natal, kinder, genus, nee, nada, naïve, genital, ingenious, nativity, janata, germ, puny, nascent, cognate, 106 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, nation, genesis, genetics, 14 more
through Latin gēns ‘clan’
through Latin gentīlis ‘of or belonging to the same people or nation’
through Old French gentil
through French gentil
Today it means
adj Non-Jewish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / gentile