Where does “жандарме́рия” come from?
жандарме́рия (Russian) comes from French gendarmerie, from French gendarme, from French gendarmes, from French gens, from French gents, from Old French gent, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
жандарме́рия (Russian): gendarmerie
Definitions
- gendarmerie
Ancestry of “жандарме́рия”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gendarmerie | The military branch of the French police service |
| 2 | French | gendarme | A member of the gendarmerie, a military body... |
| 3 | French | gendarmes | plural of gendarme |
| 4 | French | gens | set of people |
| 5 | French | gents | plural of gent; masculine plural of gent |
| 6 | Old French | gent | people, population; fair, beautiful, handsome;... |
| 7 | Latin | genitus | begotten; engendered; produced |
| 8 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 10 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |