English
gentilicious
Gentilicious comes from Latin gentīlicius ‘belonging to a particular Roman gens’, from gēns ‘clan, tribe’, 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, tribe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlis‘of or belonging to a gens’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlicius‘belonging to a particular Roman gens’
- Englishearliest quotation 1950gentilicious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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, tribe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlis‘of or belonging to a gens’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlicius‘belonging to a particular Roman gens’
- Englishearliest quotation 1950gentilicious
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Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
general, king, nature, german, engine, native, pregnant, generation, gender, genuine, ken, gene, kindness, oxygen, genius, genre, naive, hydrogen, indigenous, kin, noel, genocide, innate, nationalism, natal, kinder, genus, nee, genital, nada, naïve, nativity, germ, janata, puny, nascent, ingenious, cognate, glycogen, gingerly, 106 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, nation, genesis, genetics, 14 more
through Latin gēns ‘clan, tribe’
through Latin gentīlis ‘of or belonging to a gens’
Today it means
adj Synonym of gentilicial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / gentilicious