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
- A temporally organized plan for matters to be...
Ancestry of “agenda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | agendus | which is to be done or made; which is to be... |
| 2 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
Words derived from “agenda”