Etymograph

English

gesticulative

From gesticulate + -ive.

A compound of gesticulate + -ive

Latin gestus

Latin gesticulus ‘a mimic gesture, a pantomime, a gesticulation’

Latin gesticulor ‘to gesticulate’

Latin gesticulātus

English gesticulate

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, using, or accompanied by gesticulation; tending to gesticulate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gesticulative