Where does “gîter” come from?

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

gîter (French): to list, heel over; to shelter, rest

Definitions

  1. to list, heel over; to shelter, rest

Ancestry of “gîter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgîteshelter; lodging; gîte; beef shin
2Old Frenchgisteresting-place
3Old Frenchgesirto lie down; to rest, to take rest
4Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
5Latiniaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline
6Latin-eō
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin iaceō