Where does “gendre” come from?

gendre (French) comes from Old French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

gendre (French): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “gendre”, step by step

gendre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French gendre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgendreson-in-law
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Latin gener

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenerson-in-law
2Proto-Italicgenros—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵm̥ros—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵem-to marry

Words derived from “gendre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Proto-Italic genos →