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Where does “agenda” come from?

Agenda comes from Latin agendus, the gerundive of agō, which derives from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-, a root meaning to drive or move.

agenda (English): A temporally organized plan for matters to be...

Definitions

  1. A temporally organized plan for matters to be...

Ancestry of “agenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinagenduswhich is to be done or made; which is to be...
2Latinagō—
3Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “agenda”

  • agendaless
  • non-agenda
  • अजेंडा
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