gest (Middle English) comes from Old Norse gestr, from Proto-Norse ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ, from Proto-Germanic gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
gest (Middle English): A guest, visitor; somebody staying at another's...
Definitions
A guest, visitor; somebody staying at another's...
Ancestry of “gest”, step by step
gest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.