Where does “ġġestikola” come from?
ġġestikola (Maltese) comes from Italian gesticolare, from Latin gesticulor, 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.
ġġestikola (Maltese): to gesticulate
Definitions
- to gesticulate
Ancestry of “ġġestikola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gesticolare | to gesticulate |
| 2 | Latin | gesticulor | to mimic, pantomime, gesticulate |
| 3 | Latin | gesticulus | a mimic gesture; mimic gesture |
| 4 | Latin | gestus | carried, having been carried, borne, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | gerō | to carry, bear |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gezō | carry, bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ǵ-es- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |