Where does “gest” come from?
gest (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French geste, from Latin gestus, from Latin gerō, from Proto-Italic gezō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ǵ-es-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
gest (Norwegian Bokmål): a gesture
Ancestry of “gest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | geste | gesture; move, motion; saga, especially a cycle... |
| 2 | Latin | gestus | carried, having been carried, borne, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | gerō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | gezō | carry, bear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ǵ-es- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |