yest
Middle English
/jɛst/
noun
Definitions
- (alternative form of) geste
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French geste (acts, exploits).
Origin
Old French
geste
Gloss
acts, exploits
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yeast English
- yeasted English
- yeastful English
- yeastless English
- yeastlike English
- yeasty English
- gesta Latin
- *jestuz Proto-Germanic
- ġist Old English
- geste Middle English
- yeste Middle English
- giosta Irish
- geste Old French
- ยีสต์ Thai
- *jestu gmw-pro
- iij Marshallese
- yis Tok Pisin
- yisim Tok Pisin
- yis Hausa