ingest
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
gest
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
ingest
to take food into body, as by swallowing, inhaling, or absorbing
ζε, ε½δΈ
Dissection of ingest
ingest = in- (into) + gest (carry; bear);
ingest = to carry something into body, or take something into (body)
Now Repeat my Dissection
ingest = to carry something into body, or take something into (body)
Important roots for this word:
in-
gest
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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