Where does “actuality” come from?
Actuality comes from English actual plus the French suffix -ité, derived from Latin -itas, which traces to Proto-Indo-European -it-.
actuality (English): The state of existing; existence; The quality of...
Definitions
- The state of existing; existence; The quality of...
Ancestry of “actuality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | actual | relating to a person's acts or deeds; active,... |
| 2 | Middle English | actual | actual, real, true |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | actuel | — |
| 4 | Old French | actual | — |
| 5 | Latin | actuālis | active, practical |
| 6 | Latin | āctus | made, done, having been done |
| 7 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |