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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Gentile m. Latin gentilis 'Gentile, non-Jew; heathen, pagan; of the same clan, tribe, or family'.

England
Early Modern English
1587 Jentile StAnthonlin p. 32
Italy
Latin
1376 Gemtillis (gen) DouGen1 p. 234, Gentille (abl) ibid. p. 50, Gentillis (gen) ibid. p. 222; 1387 Gentilis (gen) Venditti II-491; 1391 Gentilem (acc) ibid. I-1, Gentili (dat) ibid. I-1; 1470 Gentilj (abl) RCCaetani6 1192; 1521 Gentile (abl) VitAs2 III; 1522x1532 Gentilis (nom) DSF p. 54, 58; 1527 Gentilis (nom) Rome1527 p. 86
Italian
1429–1430 Gentile DiaryLMA p. 247
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gentile". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Gentile.