gentil
Old French
adj
Definitions
- noble; courteous; courtly
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gentīlis (of a people nation, of non-gloss definition, of belonging to the same people nation, belonging to the same family).
Origin
Latin
gentīlis
Gloss
of a people nation, of non-gloss definition, of belonging to the same people nation, belonging to the same family
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gentile English
- genteel English
- gentile English
- gentilic English
- gentle English
- gentilis Latin
- gentilis, gentīlis Latin
- gentilitas Latin
- gentiliter Latin
- gentilitus Latin
- gentīlis Latin
- gēns Latin
- gentil German
- Gentileschi Italian
- gentile Italian
- gentil French
- gentilhomme French
- gentillesse French
- gentillet French
- gentiment French
- gentil Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- gentil Middle English
- gentilicius Old Norse
- gentillesce Old French
- gentil Catalan, Valencian
- genti Norman
- gentil Old Portuguese
- janti Bourguignon