Where does “gendarmish” come from?
gendarmish (English) comes from English gendarme, from French gendarme, from French gendarmes, from French gens, from French gents, from Old French gent, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
gendarmish (English): Characteristic of a gendarme or police officer
Definitions
- Characteristic of a gendarme or police officer
Ancestry of “gendarmish”, step by step
gendarmish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gendarme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gendarme | A member of the gendarmerie, a military body... |
| 2 | French | gendarme | A member of the gendarmerie, a military body... |
| 3 | French | gendarmes | plural of gendarme |
| 4 | French | gens | set of people |
| 5 | French | gents | plural of gent; masculine plural of gent |
| 6 | Old French | gent | people, population; fair, beautiful, handsome;... |
| 7 | Latin | genitus | begotten; engendered; produced |
| 8 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 10 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |