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- Latin · derived fromēgestiōnem
- Old French · derived fromegestion
- English todayegestion
From Old French egestion, from Latin ēgestiōnem, accusative of ēgestiō (“emptying, voiding”), action noun from the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry out”), from ex- + gerō.
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