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Where does “ingestibile” come from?

ingestibile (Italian) comes from Italian gestibile, from Italian gestire, from Italian gestione, from Latin gestio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

ingestibile (Italian): unmanageable

Definitions

  1. unmanageable

Ancestry of “ingestibile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangestibilemanageable, wieldy
2Italiangestireto manage, run or administer; to gesticulate
3Italiangestionemanagement
4LatingestioI am eager; I exult; I gesticulate; managing,...
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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