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Where does “gesir” come from?

gesir (Old French) comes from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

gesir (Old French): to lie down; to rest, to take rest

Definitions

  1. to lie down; to rest, to take rest

Ancestry of “gesir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
2Latiniaceō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “gesir”

  • gist
  • joist
  • gîte
  • joisting
  • joistlike
  • interjoist
  • joistless
  • gisement
  • gésir
  • gîte
  • gîter
  • gist
  • giste
  • gesine
  • gesir
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