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Where does “actuarial” come from?

Actuarial comes from English actuary, derived from Latin actus, the past participle of agere meaning to do or drive, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-.

actuarial (English): Of or pertaining to actuaries; Relating to...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to actuaries; Relating to...

Ancestry of “actuarial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ál—
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “actuarial”

  • actuarially
  • nonactuarial
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