Where does “agency” come from?

Agency comes from Medieval Latin agentia, derived from Latin agens, the present participle of ago meaning to do or drive, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-.

agency (English): The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of...

Definitions

  1. The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of...

Ancestry of “agency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinagentianominative neuter plural of agēns; accusative...
2Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “agency”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →