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Where does “ingester” come from?

ingester (English) comes from English ingest, from Latin ingero, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingester (English): One who ingests

Definitions

  1. One who ingests

Ancestry of “ingester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingestTo take a substance into the body of an...
2LatiningeroI carry, pour or throw in or into; I heap or...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →