Translation
gesture, sign made with the body
Word origin
From Latin gestus, the past participle of gerere, 'to carry, to conduct oneself'. A gesture is literally a way of carrying the body, and the same verb underlies digest, suggest and gestation.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- gestus
- English cognates
- gesture, gesticulate, digest, suggest
Examples
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He made a gesture with his hand, and we followed him.
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Her gesture showed that she did not agree.
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A small gesture can say more than many words.
The verb is gesti, and Esperanto happily builds outwards from there: o is gesturing as an activity, gestlingvo is sign language. English has to reach for a different word each time; here the root does the whole job.
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