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Where does “entregent” come from?

entregent (French) comes from French gent, from Old French gent, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

entregent (French): socializing, mingling; networking; social skills,...

Definitions

  1. socializing, mingling; networking; social skills,...

Ancestry of “entregent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgentpeople, nation; tribe; company, those who are in...
2Old Frenchgentpeople, population; fair, beautiful, handsome;...
3Latingenitusbegotten; engendered; produced
4Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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