English
gentrice
Gentrice comes from Old French gentil ‘noble’, from Latin gentīlis ‘of or belonging to the same family or gēns:…’, 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‘Roman clan’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlis‘of or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gentil‘noble’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400genterise
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gentryse‘gentry’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886gentrice
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‘Roman clan’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlis‘of or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gentil‘noble’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400genterise
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gentryse‘gentry’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886gentrice
Earliest quotation: 1886, – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson: “And where could I get a horse to him?”…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
king, general, nature, german, native, engine, generation, pregnant, gender, genuine, kindness, ken, genius, gene, indigenous, oxygen, nationalism, naive, genre, kin, hydrogen, noel, genocide, innate, natal, kinder, genus, nee, nativity, nada, genital, naïve, ingenious, janata, germ, puny, cognate, nascent, glycogen, gingerly, 105 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, nation, genesis, genetics, 13 more
through Latin gēns ‘Roman clan’
through Latin gentīlis ‘of or belonging to the same family or gēns:…’
through Old French gentil ‘noble’
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / gentrice