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English word gentry comes from Latin gens, Latin -ilem, and later Old French gentil (Noble; courteous; courtly.)
gens (Latin)
Roman clan, related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name. The chief gods. Tribe; people, family.
-ilem (Latin)
gentilis (Latin)
A heathen, pagan (poetic) foreign, exotic. Of or belonging to the same family or gēns. Of or belonging to the same people or nation. Of slaves who bore the same name as their master.
gentil (Old French)
Noble; courteous; courtly.
gentelise (Old French)
genterise (Old French)
gentry (English)
(British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.. Birth; condition; rank by birth.. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.. People of education and good breeding.