English
gestational
From gestation + -al.
A compound of gestation + -al
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Italic *gezō ‘to carry, bear’
Latin gerō ‘carry, bear’
Latin gestō ‘to bear, carry’
Latin gestātiō ‘bearing, carrying, wearing’
English gestation
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to gestation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gestational