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· Proto-Italic
*gentis
2 English words descend from Proto-Italic
*gentis
, most common first.
gaunt
Angular, bony, and lean.
gens
A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.