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

On 21/11/2024 9:14 a.m., HenHanna wrote:

 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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