Etymograph

English

gentrify

From gentry + -fy.

A compound of gentry + -fy

Old French gent ‘well-born’

Old French genterie ‘noble people collectively’

English gentry

Today it means

verb To renovate or improve something (especially housing or district), making it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gentrify