Where does “gentilé” come from?

gentilé (French) comes from Latin gentīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

gentilé (French): demonym

Definitions

  1. demonym

Ancestry of “gentilé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingentīlisof or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “gentilé”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin gentīlis →