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Where does “gîte” come from?

gîte (French) comes from Old French giste, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

gîte (French): shelter; lodging; gîte; beef shin

Definitions

  1. shelter; lodging; gîte; beef shin

Ancestry of “gîte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgisteresting-place
2Old Frenchgesirto lie down; to rest, to take rest
3Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
4Latiniaceō—
5Latin-eō—
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “gîte”

  • gîte
  • gîte
  • gîter
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