Latin

gerō

‘to carry’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin gerō.

27 English words in this record descend from Latin gerō, most familiar first.

• register ← registrum ← regesta ← regerō
• suggestion ← suggestioun ← suggestiō ← suggerō
• gesture ← gestūra
• digest ← digesten ← dīgestus ← dīgerō
• congestion ← congestioun ← congestĭō ← congerō
• belligerent ← belligerans ← belligerō ← belliger ← bellum
• progesterone ← ketone ← Keton ← gestō
• gestation ← gestātiō ← gestō
• ingestion ← ingestionem ← ingestio ← ingerere
• ingest ← ingerō
• agger
• gerund ← gerundium ← gerendus

More words from gerō

• gestion
• progestogen
• gerundive
• congeries
• autogestion
• cruciger
• egestion
• egest
• egesta
• gerent
• gestant
• gerant
• gerundial
• ingesta
• suggestum
• suggest

Etymograph / Latin gerō