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Where does “giste” come from?

giste (Old French) comes from Old French gesir, 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.

giste (Old French): resting-place

Definitions

  1. resting-place

Ancestry of “giste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgesirto lie down; to rest, to take rest
2Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
3Latiniaceō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “giste”

  • joist
  • gîte
  • joisting
  • interjoist
  • joistlike
  • joistless
  • gîte
  • gîter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →