English
ingest
Ingest comes from Latin ingerō ‘to carry in’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingerō‘to carry in’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007ingest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEingerō‘to carry in’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007ingest
Earliest quotation: 2007, Edmund A. Williams: “Film is a physical, photochemical medium that requires a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, strategy, suggest, agenda, essay, acre, activate, agony, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agrarian, agitation, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, radium, actuator, digestion, agitate, agonist, antagonize, cogent, actuation, glucagon, samaj, digestible, agonize, actuate, stratagem, 141 more
through Latin gerō ‘to carry, to bear’
register, suggestion, gesture, digest, congestion, belligerent, progesterone, gestation, agger, gerund, gestion, 15 more
Today it means
verb To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / ingest