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digester

/ˈdaɪˌdʒestə/DIGH-jeh-stur
/ˈdaɪˌdʒɛstɚ/DIGH-jeh-stur

Meaningone that digests

Common meaning: a vessel for breaking down matter

‘apart’ + ‘to carry, carry on’ → digester

Journey through time

  1. Latingerō, gessī, gestum‘to carry, carry on’
  2. Middle Englishdigestsource
  3. Englishdigest‘to break down food in the body’
  4. Englishformed in English from digestdigester‘a vessel for breaking down matter’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from digest + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DIGEST, p.166 · scan

Roots

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