The story
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*genos“family, clan”
- Celtic · derived from
- Germanic · derived from
- Latin · derived fromGenovefa
- French · borrowed fromGeneviève
- English todayGenevieve
Borrowed from French Geneviève (patron saint of Paris), from Latin Genovefa, Genoveva, possibly either of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”) + *wībą (“woman, wife”), or of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *genos (“family, clan”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.