Containing or getting
to the ‘gist’ of the matter, what a wonderful word that is – GIST.
“Gist” means the central idea; the essence of the subject matter, and is synonymous with ‘substance’ – to get to the essence or substance of a
matter under discussion.
The word ‘gist’
has a sound heritage. It comes from the from Anglo-French, as in ‘… cest action gist en …’, meaning “This action consists in ….”,
and, literally, : lies (with)in from the
Old French ‘… gésir …’ to lie (within)
There
is a direct trace of its origins back to the old language – Latin – in the term
‘… jacēre …’ from
its meaning “to throw”!
So, If
you were throwing your hat into the ring you had better know the gist of the
problems facing you! LOL!
1 comment:
ah...now I can say the word "gist" and know exactly what I am talking about.
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