Proto-Italic

*gezō

‘to carry, bear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *gezō.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *gezō, most familiar first.

• register ← registrum ← regesta ← regerō ← gerō
• gesture ← gestūra ← gerō
• digest ← digesten ← dīgestus ← dīgerō ← gerō
• congestion ← congestioun ← congestĭō ← congerō ← gerō
• belligerent ← belligerans ← belligerō ← belliger ← bellum
• progesterone ← ketone ← Keton ← gestō ← gerō
• gestation ← gestātiō ← gestō ← gerō
• ingestion ← ingestionem ← ingestio ← ingerere ← gero
• ingest ← ingerō ← gerō
• agger ← gerō
• gerund ← gerundium ← gerendus ← gerō
• gestion ← gestiō ← gerō

More words from *gezō

• progestogen
• gerundive
• congeries
• autogestion
• cruciger
• egestion
• egest
• egesta
• gerent
• gestant
• gerant
• gerundial
• ingesta
• suggestum

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *gezō