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  • Exegesis: Ges could have come from [Gerere, Ges-] ---- Diegetic: Ge(t) looks like (((ditto)))

    From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.language.latin on Wed Nov 20 20:14:56 2024
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    From the root [Gerere, Ges-] came Gesture, Digest, Suggest, ...



    Exegesis -- the Ges part looks like it could have come from [Gerere,
    Ges-]

    Diegetic -- the Ge(t) part looks like (((ditto)))



    ------- Is there any linguistic (etymological) basis to the above?

    (i guess not)... But it's good (at least) as a Mnemonic!!!
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  • From Ed Cryer@ed@somewhere.in.the.uk to sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.language.latin on Wed Nov 20 22:12:59 2024
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    HenHanna wrote:
    From the root [Gerere, Ges-] came Gesture, Digest, Suggest, ...



    Exegesis -- the Ges part looks like it could have come from [Gerere,
    Ges-]

    Diegetic -- the Ge(t) part looks like (((ditto)))



    ------- Is there any linguistic (etymological) basis to the above?

    -a-a-a-a-a (i guess not)... But it's good (at least) as a Mnemonic!!!

    I think there's minimal doubt about your etymology.
    Gero, gerere, gessi, gestum.

    When the emperor Augustus Caesar died, he left behind a pottied
    autobiography. Firstly the Romans deified him, secondly they carved his
    little book into marble and set it up all over the Roman empire; Res
    Gestae Divi Augusti (the achievements of Divine Augustus). Or,
    literally, the things done (gestae) by .....

    It must have been seen by millions.

    Ed


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