Etymology

gentilesse

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Today it means: Courtesy, refinement; gentleness. Full definition →

Middle English gentilesse ← Old French gentilesce
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  1. Old French · derived fromgentilesce
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgentilesse
  3. English todaygentilesse

From Middle English gentilesse, from Old French gentilesce.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.