gente
f.
(Noun)
"people"
12th cent. Old Spanish yente. From Latin gentem, accusative of gens "clan," "household;" originally "race."
From Proto-Italic *genti- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1-ti̯- 'id.' From *ǵenh1- "to birth." See also género, germen.
Indo-EuropeanRomance
Asturian xente, Portuguese gente, Galician xente, Catalan gent, French gens, Italian gente, Aromanian gintã, Romanian gintă, Sardinian gente