généreux
French
adj
Definitions
- generous, kind
Etymology
Inherited 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
- generous English
- generously English
- generousness English
- overgenerous English
- supergenerous English
- ungenerous English
- generosus Latin
- generōsus Latin
- genus Latin
- generös German
- generoso Italian
- antigénéreux French
- generoso Spanish, Castilian
- sjenerøs Norwegian Bokmål
- generoso Portuguese
- generös Swedish
- sjenerøs Norwegian Nynorsk
- generós Catalan, Valencian
- jeneroza Ido
- genereux Middle French
- generós Occitan