Where does “geneste” come from?

geneste (Old French) comes from Latin genista, from Latin genesta, from Proto-Indo-European gwₑnestā.

Ancestry of “geneste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatingenistaAlternative form of genesta
2Latingenestabroom
3Proto-Indo-Europeangwₑnestā—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gwₑnestā →Every word from Latin genesta →Every word from Latin genista →