Where does “Kent” come from?
Kent comes from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Proto-Celtic Cantio, ultimately from Proto-Celtic kantos.
Kent (English): bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel
Definitions
- bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel
Ancestry of “Kent”, step by step
Kent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ken | To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | kenning | — |
| 3 | Middle English | kennen | to make known |
| 4 | Old English | cennan | to make known, declare; to produce, bring forth,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kannjan | to beget, bring forth |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kanjaną | to beget, bring forth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵonh₁éyeti | to bring forth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |