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Where does “ingestion” come from?

ingestion (English) comes from Latin ingestionem, from Latin ingerere, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingestion (English): The action of ingesting, or consuming something...

Definitions

  1. The action of ingesting, or consuming something...

Ancestry of “ingestion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiningestionem—
2Latiningereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingestion”

  • reingestion
  • ingestional
  • preingestional
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →