gentile

English

/ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/

adj
Definitions
  • non-|Non-Jewish.
  • Heathen, pagan.
  • Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
  • Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
  • (grammar) Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.

Etymology

Borrowed from French gentil (gentile) derived from Latin gentilis, gentīlis (of belonging to the same people nation) derived from Hebrew (modern) גוי (nation) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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