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Where does “suggestion” come from?

Suggestion comes from Old French suggestioun and suggestio, from Latin suggestio, derived from Latin suggero meaning to bring up or present, combining sub (under) with gero (to carry), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European upo and h₂eǵ-.

suggestion (English): Something suggested; The act of suggesting;...

Definitions

  1. Something suggested; The act of suggesting;...

Ancestry of “suggestion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsuggestioun—
2Old Frenchsuggestionsuggestion; proposal
3Latinsuggestiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “suggestion”

  • autosuggestion
  • countersuggestion
  • heterosuggestion
  • suggestopedia
  • suggestional
  • missuggestion
  • self-suggestion
  • suggestopedic
  • narcosuggestion
  • auto-suggestion
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