Where does “gentlemanly” come from?
Gentlemanly derives from English gentleman, from English man, from Old English -līċ, from Middle English mon, from Latin gentilis meaning "of a family or clan," from Proto-Indo-European men- meaning "to think" and ḱóm meaning "together."
gentlemanly (English): Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a...
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- Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a...
Ancestry of “gentlemanly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | gentleman | A man of gentle but not noble birth,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gentilman | — |
| 3 | Middle English | man | Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;... |
| 4 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महादेव | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |
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