Where does “ingest” come from?

Ingest comes from Latin ingero, composed of the prefix in- and the verb gerō, ultimately tracing through Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- meaning to drive or move.

ingest (English): To take a substance into the body of an...

Definitions

  1. To take a substance into the body of an...

Ancestry of “ingest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatiningeroI carry, pour or throw in or into; I heap or...
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →