Etymograph

English

suggestum

Suggestum comes from Latin suggestum ‘raised place, height, mound’, from suggerō ‘to put under’, 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, bear’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggerō2‘to put under’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggestum2‘raised place, height, mound’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1834suggestum2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin suggero
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English suggestum
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1834, William Henry Smyth: “The Emperor and another figure, both togated, appear upon…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-Wiktionary, Latin suggeroreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezōWiktionary, Latin suggero‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerōWiktionary, Latin suggero‘to carry, bear’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggerōWiktionary, English suggestum‘to put under’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggestumWiktionary, English suggestum‘raised place, height, mound’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1834suggestumWiktionary, English suggestum. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1834, William Henry Smyth: “The Emperor and another figure, both togated, appear upon…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

act, action, active, activity, agency, actual, actor, agent, strategy, agenda, essay, acre, activate, agony, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agrarian, agitation, antagonist, axiom, digestion, antagonism, agonist, agitate, radium, actuator, antagonize, cogent, glucagon, actuation, samaj, digestible, inexact, agonize, stratagem, exigent, 138 more

through Latin gerō ‘to carry, bear’

register, gesture, congestion, digest, belligerent, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, ingest, agger, gerund, gestion, 14 more

Today it means

noun A raised platform.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “suggestum”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin suggero. 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- / suggestum

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