Where does “agenda” come from?
agenda (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch agendaboec, from Latin agenda, from Latin agendus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
agenda (Dutch): a calendar book, a diary, a booklet or other device where one notes down one’s schedule, appointments etc
Definitions
- a calendar book, a diary, a booklet or other device where one notes down one’s schedule, appointments etc
Ancestry of “agenda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | agendaboec | — |
| 2 | Latin | agenda | nominative feminine singular of agendus;... |
| 3 | Latin | agendus | which is to be done or made; which is to be... |
| 4 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |