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Where does “gésir” come from?

gésir (French) comes from Old French gesir, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

gésir (French): To lie; To be located; To be buried, hidden

Definitions

  1. To lie; To be located; To be buried, hidden

Ancestry of “gésir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgesirto lie down; to rest, to take rest
2Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
3Latiniaceō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “gésir”

  • gisement
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