DictionaryRoot: gerere
Latin
gerere
carry, bear, or carry on
Forms
- gerere
- gest- — The changed form used for completed action and its derivatives.
Origin
An inherited Latin verb; its precise deeper reconstruction is uncertain.
Note
Carrying something can extend to conducting an activity, managing affairs, or behaving in a certain way.
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verb
ingest
in-JEST/ɪnˈdʒest/
To take material into the body through the mouth.
Etymology
The pieces express “carry into.” The Latin compound meant putting or pouring something in; English applied that inward movement specifically to taking food or other substances into the body.