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est

/ɛst/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Grace; favour.
  2. Abbreviation of established.
  3. Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
  4. Esther, the book of Esther
  5. Initialism of Eastern Standard Time.
  6. Initialism of Extended Standard Theory.
  7. Alternative letter-case form of est (“Erhard Seminars Training”).
  8. Initialism of English subtitles.
  9. Initialism of expressed sequence tag.
  10. Initialism of endodermal sinus tumor.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”). Cognate with Icelandic ást (“affection, love”), Dutch gunst (“favour, grace, courtesy, privilege”), German Gunst (“favour, goodwill, boon”), Danish yndest (“favour”), Swedish ynnest (“favour, indulgence, grace”).

  1. ynnest(Swedish)→
  2. yndest(da)→
  3. Gunst(German)→
  4. gunst(Dutch)→
  5. ást(Icelandic)→
  6. *ān-(ine-pro)→
  7. *anstiz(gem-pro)→
  8. *ansti(gmw-pro)→
  9. ēst(ang)→
  10. este(Middle English)→
  11. *h₃neh₂-(ine-pro)→
  12. est (English)
  13. Relations: root, der, der, der, der, der, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

*h₃neh₂-(ine-pro)este(Middle English)ēst(ang)*ansti(gmw-pro)*anstiz(gem-pro)*ān-(ine-pro)ást(Icelandic)gunst(Dutch)Gunst(German)yndest(da)ynnest(Swedish)

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