Where does “gento” come from?

gento (Esperanto) comes from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

gento (Esperanto): race, people

Definitions

  1. race, people

Ancestry of “gento”, step by step

gento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin gēns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatingēnsRoman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)
2Proto-Italic*gentis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Dutch Gent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchGentgander, male goose
2Middle DutchgentGhent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Italic *gentis →