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Where does “gendres” come from?

gendres (French) comes from French gendre, 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.

gendres (French): plural of gendre

Definitions

  1. plural of gendre

Ancestry of “gendres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgendreson-in-law
2Old Frenchgendre—
3Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
4Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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