Where does “gendarmes” come from?
gendarmes (French) comes from French gens, from French gents, from Old French gent, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
gendarmes (French): plural of gendarme
Definitions
- plural of gendarme
Ancestry of “gendarmes”, step by step
gendarmes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French gens
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gens | set of people |
| 2 | French | gents | plural of gent; masculine plural of gent |
| 3 | Old French | gent | people, population; fair, beautiful, handsome;... |
| 4 | Latin | genitus | begotten; engendered; produced |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via French armes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | armes | second-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | armer | to arm; to dub |
| 3 | Old French | armer | to arm |
| 4 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 5 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 7 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |