English
jaunty
Jaunty 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–presentgentil‘noble’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841jaunty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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–presentgentil‘noble’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841jaunty
Earliest quotation: 1841, –November, Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 58.: “It was probably this circumstance which gave him an…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
general, king, nature, german, engine, generation, native, gender, genuine, gene, pregnant, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, indigenous, kindness, hydrogen, genocide, nationalism, naive, genus, kin, noel, innate, genital, natal, ingenious, kinder, nee, germ, nada, naïve, nativity, nascent, glycogen, janata, genial, cognate, gingerly, 106 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, nation, genesis, genetics, 14 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 Airy; showy; finical.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / jaunty