English
genty
Genty comes from 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’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘noble’
- Englishearliest quotation 1789genty
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’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘noble’
- Englishearliest quotation 1789genty
Earliest quotation: 1789, Robert Burns: “Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist, / That sweetly…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
king, general, nature, native, german, engine, generation, pregnant, gender, kindness, genuine, genetic, nationalism, ken, genius, indigenous, generate, generous, naive, oxygen, gene, kin, noel, genre, hydrogen, innate, genocide, natal, kinder, nee, nada, genus, naïve, janata, genital, nativity, ingenious, germ, puny, cognate, 105 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, nation, genetics, genesis, 13 more
through Latin gēns ‘Roman clan’
through Latin gentīlis ‘of or belonging to the same family or gēns:…’
through Old French gentil ‘noble’
through French gentil ‘noble’
Today it means
adj neat; trim
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / genty