Where does “gêner” come from?

gêner (French) comes 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).

gêner (French): to hinder, hamper, bother; to bother, annoy,...

Definitions

  1. to hinder, hamper, bother; to bother, annoy,...

Ancestry of “gêner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgenner—
2Middle High Germanjenner—
3Latiniānuāriusof January
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “gêner”

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