LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

comestiō

comestiō f (genitive comestiōnis)

Meaning

  1. an eating, the action of eating

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecomestiōcomestiōnēs
genitivecomestiōniscomestiōnum
dativecomestiōnīcomestiōnibus
accusativecomestiōnemcomestiōnēs
ablativecomestiōnecomestiōnibus
vocativecomestiōcomestiōnēs

cŏmestĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a consuming, Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 2; Anthol. Lat. 3, 90, 7.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin comestiō From comesus + -tio.

Descendants
  • Portuguesecomichão
  • Spanishcomezón
  • Galiciancomechón
  • Old Frenchcomestion
  • Old Occitancomestio

Quick answers

What does comestiō mean in Latin?
comestiō, a noun, means “an eating, the action of eating”.
What is the genitive of comestiō?
The genitive singular is comestiōnis. comestiō is feminine, third declension.