English
suggest
Suggest is based on Latin suggestus, past participle of suggerō ‘to bring up, supply’, from sub- ‘under’ + gerō ‘to carry’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gesōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggerō‘to bring under; to supply, suggest’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggestus
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1591suggest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gesōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggerō‘to bring under; to supply, suggest’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggestus
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1591suggest
Earliest quotation: c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona: “Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.”
The story
Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (‘from below, under’) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, agency, actor, agent, strategy, register, agenda, essay, acre, activate, agony, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, gesture, assay, agrarian, agitation, antagonist, congestion, digest, axiom, belligerent, antagonism, radium, actuator, agitate, agonist, antagonize, progesterone, cogent, gestation, ingestion, actuation, 151 more
through Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up’
up, above, upper, sum, upward, oft, hypo, 9 more
through Latin sub ‘from below, under’
Today it means
verb To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *gesō / suggest