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-gest-, root.     -gest- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "carry;

   bear.'' This meaning is found in such words as: congestion, digest, gestation, gesticulate, gesture, ingest,

(of food) to (cause to) change or be changed into a form that the body can use:

to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system

Explanation:

-gest- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "carry;

   bear.'' This meaning is found in such words as: congestion, digest, gestation, gesticulate, gesture, ingest,