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Where does “gensor” come from?

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

gensor (Old French): Alternative form of gençor

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gençor

Ancestry of “gensor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgentpeople, population; fair, beautiful, handsome;...
2Latingenitusbegotten; engendered; produced
3Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
5Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
6Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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