Where does “agente” come from?
agente (Dutch) comes from Dutch agent, from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
agente (Dutch): female police officer; female spy
Definitions
- female police officer; female spy
Ancestry of “agente”, step by step
agente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch agent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | agent | a police officer; an undercover agent; an agent,... |
| 2 | French | agent | agent |
| 3 | Middle French | agent | — |
| 4 | Latin | agēns | doing, acting, making |
| 5 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via French agente
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | agente | — |
| 2 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 3 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 4 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |