Where does “gentil” come from?

gentil (Old 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.

gentil (Old French): noble; courteous; courtly

Definitions

  1. noble; courteous; courtly

Ancestry of “gentil”, 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 “gentil”

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