gent
Old French
/dʒɛnt/, /dʒant/, /ʒant/
noun
Definitions
- people, population
Etymology
Inherited from Latin gentem.
Origin
Latin
gentem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Crow English
- gens Latin
- gentem Latin
- gentem, gens Latin
- gēns Latin
- entregent French
- gens French
- gent French
- γένεσις Ancient Greek
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- gent Catalan, Valencian
- gintă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gento Ido
- gjinde Albanian
- gente Old Portuguese
- *gneses Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́áHtiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ghimtã Aromanian
- gintã Aromanian
- gentis Lithuanian
- yente Old Spanish
- zente Venetian
- *dzenti Proto-Albanian
- ziant Dalmatian
- djin Walloon
- *génetis Proto-Hellenic