Etymology

genty

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Today it means: neat; trim Full definition →

French gentil
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The story

  1. French · derived fromgentil
  2. English todaygenty

From French gentil. Compare jaunty.

Words from the same roots

Frenchgentil all →

gentilegenteeljaunty

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.