Where does “action” come from?
Action comes from Middle English accion, from Old French acciun, from Latin actio meaning a doing or deed, derived from Latin actus, the past participle of agere meaning to do or drive, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-.
action (English): Something done, often so as to accomplish a...
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- Something done, often so as to accomplish a...
Ancestry of “action”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | accioun | An action; an act, behaviour or attribute |
| 2 | Old French | aucion | action; act; deed |
| 3 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |