Where does “gesticuler” come from?
gesticuler (French) comes from Latin gesticulari, from Latin gesticulus, from Latin gestus, from Latin gerō, from Proto-Italic gezō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ǵ-es-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
gesticuler (French): to gesticulate
Definitions
- to gesticulate
Ancestry of “gesticuler”, step by step
gesticuler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin gesticulari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | gesticulari | to gesticulate |
| 2 | Latin | gesticulus | a mimic gesture; mimic gesture |
| 3 | Latin | gestus | carried, having been carried, borne, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | gerō | to carry, bear |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gezō | carry, bear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ǵ-es- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Latin gesticulor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | gesticulor | to mimic, pantomime, gesticulate |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |