Where does “gênant” come from?

gênant (French) comes from French gêner, from Middle French genner, from Middle High German jenner, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

gênant (French): embarrassing; troublesome, inconvenient; present...

Definitions

  1. embarrassing; troublesome, inconvenient; present...

Ancestry of “gênant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgênerto hinder, hamper, bother; to bother, annoy,...
2Middle Frenchgenner—
3Middle High Germanjenner—
4Latiniānuāriusof January
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “gênant”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin iānuārius →