Exegesis: Ges could have come from [Gerere, Ges-] ---- Diegetic: Ge(t) looks like (((ditto)))

[HenHanna]

From the root [Gerere, Ges-] came Gesture, Digest, Suggest, ...



Exegesis -- the Ges part looks like it could have come from [Gerere,
Ges-]

Diegetic -- the Ge(t) part looks like (((ditto)))



------- Is there any linguistic (etymological) basis to the above?

(i guess not)... But it's good (at least) as a Mnemonic!!!

[Ed Cryer]

Post by HenHanna
From the root [Gerere, Ges-] came Gesture, Digest, Suggest, ...
Exegesis -- the Ges part looks like it could have come from [Gerere,
Ges-]
Diegetic -- the Ge(t) part looks like (((ditto)))
------- Is there any linguistic (etymological) basis to the above?
      (i guess not)... But it's good (at least) as a Mnemonic!!!

I think there's minimal doubt about your etymology.
Gero, gerere, gessi, gestum.

When the emperor Augustus Caesar died, he left behind a pottied
autobiography. Firstly the Romans deified him, secondly they carved his
little book into marble and set it up all over the Roman empire; Res
Gestae Divi Augusti (the achievements of Divine Augustus). Or,
literally, the things done (gestae) by .....

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[Ross Clark]

Post by HenHanna
From the root [Gerere, Ges-] came Gesture, Digest, Suggest, ...
Exegesis -- the Ges part looks like it could have come from [Gerere,
Ges-]
Diegetic -- the Ge(t) part looks like (((ditto)))
------- Is there any linguistic (etymological) basis to the above?
      (i guess not)... But it's good (at least) as a Mnemonic!!!

No, they're both Greek, not Latin. But they do have the same root.

exegesis (n), exegetic (adj) explanation, interpretation (of a text)

Greek ἐξ-ήγησις from ἐξ-ηγέομαι 'interpret' ("lead out")

diegesis (n), diegetic (adj) narration, telling a story

Greek διήγησις from δι-ηγέομαι 'narrate, describe' ("lead through")

The verb in both cases is the one in ἡγεμών 'leader', that gives us
"hegemony".

"Exegesis" is a much older word in English, from 1600.
"Diegesis" seems to appear only in the mid-20th century, from French
film theory.

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