English
gentlehood
From gentle + -hood.
Formed from gentle + -hood
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
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Latin gens ‘[Roman] clan’
Latin gentilis ‘of the same family or clan’
Old French gentil ‘high-born, noble’
Middle English gentil ‘courteous, noble’
English gentle
Today it means
noun The state of being of good or gentle birth; good breeding.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gentlehood