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Where does “agitator” come from?

agitator (Crimean Tatar) comes from Latin agitatus, from Latin agitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

agitator (Crimean Tatar): agitator; one who agitates

Definitions

  1. agitator; one who agitates

Ancestry of “agitator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinagitatusdriven, impelled; brandished, wielded; agitated,...
2Latinagitō—
3Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →