The story
- Portuguese · borrowed fromgentio“heathen”
- English todayGentoo
Of Anglo-Indian origin (17th century), apparently a borrowing from Portuguese gentio (“heathen”) (compare gentile (“pagan”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gentoo
Today it means: A non-Muslim inhabitant of India, a Hindu; specifically, in Southern India, an ethnic-Telugu. Full definition →
Portuguese gentio