Where does “Aggie” come from?
Aggie derives from English agricultural, itself from English agriculture, which combines Latin ager meaning field with the Latin suffix -ia, ultimately tracing through Latin -ivus and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
Aggie (English): An agricultural school, such as one of the state...
Definitions
- An agricultural school, such as one of the state...
Ancestry of “Aggie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | agricultural | Of or pertaining to agriculture; As if played... |
| 2 | English | -ál | — |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |
Words derived from “Aggie”