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digestion

/daɪˈdʒestʃən/digh-JES-chuhn
/daɪˈdʒɛstʃən/digh-JES-chuhn

Meaningthe act of digesting

Common meaning: breaking down food in the body

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

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 digestdigestion‘breaking down food in the body’ · 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 + -ion.

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

Roots

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