Jennet Definition

Origin of Jennet

• Middle English genet from Old French from Old Catalan genet or Old Spanish ginete mounted soldier armed with a lance, horseman both Old Catalan and Old Spanish from Arabic zanātī belonging to the Zanata from Zanāta name of a confederation of Berber tribes famous for their horsemanship

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From French genet, from Middle French genest (“small Spanish horse”), from Old Spanish (cavallo) ginete (“small fast horse", also "light horseman”) (Spanish jinete), from Hispano-Arab zanáti, the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders.

  From Wiktionary