жест

Russian

noun+

Definitions

gesture (communicative motion of the limbs or body)

Etymology

Borrowed from French geste derived from Latin gestus (gesture, posture, attitude).

Origin

Latin

gestus

Gloss

gesture, posture, attitude

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

gestor Latin
gestus Latin
gesztus Hungarian
geste French
gesto Spanish, Castilian
*h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
gest Norwegian Bokmål
gest Norwegian Nynorsk
gestus Danish
gest Catalan, Valencian
gest Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
žests Latvian