generous
English
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/
adj
Definitions
- Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.
- Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed.
- Large, more than ample, copious.
- Invigorating in its nature.
- (obsolete) Of noble birth.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French genereux derived from Latin generōsus (of noble birth).
Origin
Latin
generōsus
Gloss
of noble birth
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- generously English
- generousness English
- overgenerous English
- overgenerously English
- supergenerous English
- ungenerous English
- ungenerously English
- ungenerousness English
- generosus Latin
- generōsus Latin
- generös German
- generoso Italian
- antigénéreux French
- généreux French
- generoso Spanish, Castilian
- generoso Portuguese
- generös Swedish
- generós Catalan, Valencian
- jeneroza Ido
- jenerozeso Ido
- genereux Middle French
- generós Occitan