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From: Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: Exegesis: Ges could have come from [Gerere, Ges-] ---- Diegetic:
 Ge(t) looks like (((ditto)))
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:40:02 +1300
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On 21/11/2024 9:14 a.m., HenHanna wrote:
>  From the root [Gerere, Ges-] came Gesture, Digest, Suggest, ...
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> Exegesis -- the Ges part looks like it could have come from [Gerere,
> Ges-]
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> Diegetic -- the Ge(t) part looks like (((ditto)))
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> 
> ------- 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.

"Exe