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Where does “h₂ǵ-es-” come from?

h₂ǵ-es- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Ancestry of “h₂ǵ-es-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “h₂ǵ-es-”

  • suggest
  • suggestion
  • suggesting
  • register
  • gesture
  • congestion
  • digestive
  • digest
  • belligerent
  • gestation
  • exaggerate
  • registering
  • registrar
  • gestational
  • exaggerating
  • ingest
  • gestural
  • gerund
  • congeries
  • digester
  • suggestible
  • belligerently
  • gesticulate
  • autosuggestion
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