digest

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/daɪˈd͡ʒɛst/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“carry apart”), from dī- (for dis- (“apart”)) + gerō (“I carry”), influenced by Middle French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both “to melt, to digest,” whence Modern English melt.

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