【How-to】What does gentile mean - Howto.org

1400; earlier “one who is not a Christian, a pagan” (late 14c.), from Late Latin noun use of Latin gentilis “of the same family or clan, of or belonging to a Roman gens,” from gens (genitive gentis) “race, clan,” from PIE root *gene- “give birth, beget,” with derivatives referring to procreation and familial and tribal …