gens.
Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)
Meaning & usage
Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)
stock, tribe
nation, country
people, family
the chief gods
heathen, pagan
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from root *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). See also generō, genus, gignō. Cognate with English kind, Sanskrit जाति (jāti), Ancient Greek γένος (génos) and Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis), whence English genesis.
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