Etymograph

English

gesturelike

From gesture + -like.

Formed from gesture + -like

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Italic *gezō ‘to carry, bear’

Latin gerō ‘to bear’

Medieval Latin gestūra ‘a mode of action’

English gesture

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of a gesture.

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

Etymograph / gesturelike