gens
n.n. a group of people who share the same family or ancestors. It is an old word used to describe a family or a race of people.
n. a group of people descended from a common ancestor; a family or race. Often used in the plural to refer to a specific lineage or social class.
The gens was known for its long history of warriors.
In ancient Roman society, the gens was a fundamental unit of social organization, often consisting of several interrelated families.
The anthropologist argued that the gens served as the primary social unit before the development of the modern nuclear family structure.
Borrowed from Latin gēns (“gens; people, tribe”), from Proto-Italic gentis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”), from ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”) + -tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of kind, genesis, and jati. See also gender, generate, gentile, genus; also Latin gigno (“I bring forth”).
Clipping of generations.