GENTES

GENS

name, gens

(noun) family based on male descent; “he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

gentes

plural of gens

Anagrams

• Genest, genets, genset, tenges

Source: Wiktionary

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GENS

Gens, n.; pl. Gentes. Etym: [L. See Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.)

1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.

2. (Ethnol.)

Definition: A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

GEN

-gen. Etym: [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see Genus). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -gène.]

1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.

2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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