Etymology of the English word gentrify
the English word
gentrifyderived from the English word
gentryderived from the Old French word
genteriederived from the Old French word
genterisederived 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
*genə-using the English suffix
-fyderived from the Old French suffix
-fierderived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-Derivations in English
gentrification,
gentrifiedUsage
Word found in Modern English
