English
egesta
Egesta comes from Latin ēgesta ‘discharged matter etc.’, from ēgerō ‘to carry, bear or bring out or away’, 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 CEēgerōas to discharge; to carry out‘to carry, bear or bring out or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgestum‘that which is discharged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgesta‘discharged matter etc.’plural of ēgestum
- Englishtodayegesta
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 CEēgerōas to discharge; to carry out‘to carry, bear or bring out or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgestum‘that which is discharged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgesta‘discharged matter etc.’plural of ēgestum
- Englishtodayegesta
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, strategy, suggest, agenda, essay, acre, activate, agony, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agrarian, axiom, agitation, antagonist, radium, actuator, digestion, antagonism, agonist, cogent, actuation, agitate, antagonize, glucagon, samaj, inexact, digestible, agonize, actuate, 139 more
through Latin gerō ‘to carry, to bear’
register, suggestion, gesture, congestion, digest, belligerent, progesterone, ingestion, gestation, ingest, agger, gerund, gestion, 13 more
Today it means
noun The waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the result of egestion; excrement
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / egesta