Etymology of the English word yeasty
the English word
yeastyusing the English suffix
-yderived from the English word
yeastderived from the Anglo-Norman word
gistderived from the Anglo-Norman word
gesirderived from the Late Latin word
iacere (to throw; lie; lie down; lie ill; throw, hurl, cast)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yē-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yes-Usage
Word found in Modern English