Where does “actief” come from?
actief (Dutch) comes from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
actief (Dutch): active; active voice
Definitions
- active; active voice
Ancestry of “actief”, step by step
actief traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French actif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 2 | Old French | actif | active |
| 3 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Middle French actif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | actif | — |