English
gerant
Gerant comes from French gérant, from gérer ‘to manage’, 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 CEgerōas gerere‘to carry, bear’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgérer‘to manage’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgérant
- Englishtodaygerant
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 CEgerōas gerere‘to carry, bear’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgérer‘to manage’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgérant
- Englishtodaygerant
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, strategy, suggest, agent, essay, agenda, acre, activate, agony, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agitation, digestion, axiom, antagonist, agonist, agrarian, actuator, agitate, radium, digestible, antagonism, actuation, glucagon, samaj, antagonize, cogent, inexact, agonize, actuate, 139 more
through Latin gerō ‘to carry, bear’
register, suggestion, gesture, congestion, digest, gestation, ingestion, progesterone, ingest, belligerent, gestion, agger, gerund, 13 more
Today it means
noun The manager or acting partner of a company, publication etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / gerant