Etymograph

English

autogestion

Autogestion comes from French autogestion ‘self-management’, from Latin gerō ‘to carry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō1‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō1‘to carry’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgestiō2as gestiōnem‘management’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentgestion3‘management, control’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentautogestion4‘self-management’
  7. Englishtodayautogestion4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin gestio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French gestion
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French autogestion
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English autogestion

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-Wiktionary, Latin gestioreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezōWiktionary, Latin gestio‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerōWiktionary, Latin gestio‘to carry’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgestiōWiktionary, French gestionas gestiōnem‘management’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentgestionWiktionary, French autogestion‘management, control’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentautogestionWiktionary, English autogestion‘self-management’
  7. EnglishtodayautogestionWiktionary, English autogestion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

act, actual, action, active, activity, agency, agent, strategy, actor, suggest, agenda, essay, acre, activate, ambiguous, squat, agony, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agrarian, antagonist, axiom, radium, agitation, antagonism, agitate, actuator, agonist, digestion, antagonize, cogent, samaj, inexact, digestible, glucagon, stratagem, actuate, actuation, 139 more

through Proto-Italic *gezō ‘to carry, bear’

ingestion, 14 more

through Latin gerō ‘to carry’

register, suggestion, gesture, digest, belligerent, congestion, progesterone, ingest, gestation, agger, gerund, 15 more

Today it means

noun self-management (joint control by workers and management)

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “autogestion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin gestio, French gestion, French autogestion. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / autogestion

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