Where does “yente” come from?

yente (Old Spanish) comes from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

yente (Old Spanish): clan

Definitions

  1. clan

Ancestry of “yente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatingēnsRoman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)
2Proto-Italic*gentis
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “yente

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