English
gestatory
Gestatory comes from Latin gestatorius ‘that serves for carrying’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgestatorius‘that serves for carrying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1684gestatory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgestatorius‘that serves for carrying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1684gestatory
Earliest quotation: 1684, Thomas Browne, Of Garlands and Coronary Plants: “The Crowns and Garlands of the Ancients were either…”
Every English word from Latin gestatorius
Today it means
adj gestational (pertaining to gestation or pregnancy)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gestatorius / gestatory