English
indigest
Indigest comes from Latin indigestus ‘unarranged’, and goes back to dīgestus ‘separated, arranged’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīgestus‘separated, arranged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindigestus‘unarranged’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596indigest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīgestus‘separated, arranged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindigestus‘unarranged’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596indigest
Earliest quotation: c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King Iohn: “Be of good comfort (Prince) for you are borne…”
Linked words
through Latin dīgestus ‘separated, arranged’
Today it means
adj Crude; undigested; upset; unformed; unorganized.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dīgestus / indigest