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Yentl is not a diminutive of Yente in fact Yente is a contracted form of Yentl which was originally derived from Gentilehttps://www.avotaynu.com/books/yentl.htm
Actually, in Middle Ages French, "gentil" (female form = gentille) meant "noble, aristocratic". [noted -ed]
Actually, the word Gentil didn't mean "noble" in the Middle Age in France, it was the name given by the Jews and the first Christians to the Pagans.

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