suggestion
/səˈdʒestʃən/suh-JES-chuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/səˈdʒɛstʃən/suh-JES-chuhn
Meaningthe act of carrying under
Common meaning: an idea put forward
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- sugunder, up from below (form of sub-)
- gestto carry, carry onLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 812 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘under, up from below (form of sub-)’ + ‘to carry, carry on’ → suggestion
Journey through time
- Latingerō, gessī, gestum‘to carry, carry on’
- Englishsuggest‘to put forward an idea’
- Englishformed in English from suggestsuggestion‘an idea put forward’ · 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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from suggest + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SUGGEST, p.608 · scan
Roots
- gerō, gessī, gestum Latin “to carry, carry on”
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