The story
- Old French · derived fromgiste
- English todayjoist
From Old French giste, feminine of gist, the past participle of gesir (“to lie down”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchgiste all →
gist
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
joist
Today it means: A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. Full definition →
Old French giste