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
Aggie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English agricultural
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agricultural | Of or pertaining to agriculture; As if played... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 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 | kohl, antimony paste |
via English agate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agate | A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of... |
| 2 | Middle English | agate | straight away, immediately |
| 3 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 4 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 5 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |