Where does “жандармерия” come from?
жандармерия (Kazakh) comes from Russian жандарме́рия, from French gendarmerie, from French gendarme, from French gendarmes, from French gens, from French gents, from Old French gent, from Latin genitus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
жандармерия (Kazakh): gendarmerie
Definitions
- gendarmerie
Ancestry of “жандармерия”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | жандарме́рия | gendarmerie |
| 2 | French | gendarmerie | The military branch of the French police service |
| 3 | French | gendarme | A member of the gendarmerie, a military body... |
| 4 | French | gendarmes | plural of gendarme |
| 5 | French | gens | set of people |
| 6 | French | gents | plural of gent; masculine plural of gent |
| 7 | Old French | gent | people, population; fair, beautiful, handsome;... |
| 8 | Latin | genitus | begotten; engendered; produced |
| 9 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 11 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |