Where does “aktiv” come from?

aktiv (Danish) comes from German Aktivität, from French activité, from Latin activitas, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν- — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

aktiv (Danish): active; top; active voice

Definitions

  1. active; top; active voice

Ancestry of “aktiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAktivitätactivity
2Frenchactivitéactivity
3Latinactivitasactivity, movement, action
4Latināctīvusactive
5Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
6Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
7Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
8Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
9Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
10Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
11Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
12Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
13Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
14Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “aktiv

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