Etymograph

English

gestion

Gestion may come from French gestion ‘management, control’, from Latin gerō ‘to carry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-1uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō1‘to carry, bear’uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō1‘to carry’uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgestiō2as gestiōnem‘management’uncertain
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentgestion3‘management, control’uncertain
  6. Englishtodaygestion3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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

Lineage

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

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

act, actual, active, activity, agency, actor, action, agent, strategy, suggest, agenda, essay, acre, activate, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agony, agility, assay, agrarian, antagonist, radium, axiom, actuator, antagonism, agitation, agitate, cogent, agonist, antagonize, samaj, inexact, glucagon, actuate, stratagem, digestible, exigent, agonize, 141 more

through Latin gerō ‘to carry’

register, gesture, digest, belligerent, progesterone, ingest, agger, gestation, gerund, 17 more

Today it means

noun The act of managing, conducting or administrating something.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gestion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin gestio, French gestion. 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- / gestion

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