gentry

/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/ · noun

Meaning

Birth; condition; rank by birth.
Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
People of education and good breeding.
In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
A surname.
A place in the United States:
A city in Benton County, Arkansas.
A village in Gentry County, Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas.

Etymology / origin

From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.

genterie(fro)→
*ǵenh₁-(ine-pro)→
gentry (English)
Relations: root, der

Related words

*ǵenh₁-(ine-pro)genterie(fro)dzsentri(Hungarian)gentrificar(Portuguese)

Descendant words

dzsentri(Hungarian) (bor)
gentrificar(Portuguese) (der)

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