gentle
‘noble’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. jentill, jantil, gyntyl, gentyle, gentill < O.F. gentil ‘high-born, worthy, noble, of good family; courageous, valiant; fine, good, fair’ < Lat. gentilis ‘of the same family or clan’ < gens ‘race, clan’ < jen < gene- < Tamil īṉ