English
egest
Egest comes from Latin ēgestus ‘carried, borne, or brought out’, from gerō ‘to carry, to bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgerō‘to carry, bear, or bring out or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgestus‘carried, borne, or brought out’perfect passive participle of ēgerō
- Englishearliest quotation 2021egest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgerō‘to carry, bear, or bring out or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgestus‘carried, borne, or brought out’perfect passive participle of ēgerō
- Englishearliest quotation 2021egest
Earliest quotation: 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett: “As plastics cannot be easily egested, these can accumulate…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, strategy, agenda, suggest, essay, acre, activate, agony, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agrarian, agitation, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, radium, actuator, digestion, agitate, agonist, antagonize, cogent, actuation, glucagon, samaj, inexact, agonize, digestible, actuate, 139 more
through Latin gerō ‘to carry, to bear’
register, suggestion, gesture, congestion, digest, belligerent, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, ingest, agger, gerund, gestion, 13 more
Today it means
verb To eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / egest