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Where does “actuateth” come from?

actuateth (English) comes from English actuate, from Medieval Latin actuatus, from Latin actuo, from Latin actus, from Latin ago, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

actuateth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “actuateth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishactuateTo activate, or to put into motion; to animate;...
2Medieval Latinactuatusactuated
3LatinactuoI actuate, activate, implement
4Latinactusmade, done, having been done; act, action, doing,...
5LatinagoI act, I behave; I do or make continuously or...
6Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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