English
gentilization
From gentile + -ization.
Formed from gentile + -ization
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
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Latin gēns ‘clan’
Latin gentīlis ‘of or belonging to the same people or nation’
Old French gentil
French gentil
English gentile
Today it means
noun The process of making something non-Jewish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gentilization