Etymology of the English word gentleperson
the English word
gentlepersonderived from the English word
gentlemanderived from the English word
gentlederived from the Old French word
gentilderived from the Late Latin word
gentilis (gentile; non-Jew; heathen; gentiles; non-Jews; heathens; of same gens; of the same house or family, tribe or race; pagan)
derived from the Latin word
gens (tribe, clan; nation)
derived from the Latin word
gignere (give birth to, bring forth, bear)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genÉ™-derived from the English word
manderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*manwazderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*man-Usage
Word found in Modern English
