Where does “jenibil” come from?
jenibil (Romanian) comes from Romanian jenant, from French gênant, from French gêner, from Middle French genner, from Middle High German jenner, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
jenibil (Romanian): embarrassing
Definitions
- embarrassing
Ancestry of “jenibil”, step by step
jenibil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian jenant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | jenant | embarrassing |
| 2 | French | gênant | embarrassing; troublesome, inconvenient; present... |
| 3 | French | gêner | to hinder, hamper, bother; to bother, annoy,... |
| 4 | Middle French | genner | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | jenner | — |
| 6 | Latin | iānuārius | of January |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |