Where does “agitation” come from?
Agitation comes from French agitation, derived from Latin agitatio, a noun formed from the Latin verb ago meaning "to drive or set in motion," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂eǵ-.
agitation (English): The act of agitating, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of agitating, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “agitation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | agitation | choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.) |
| 2 | Latin | agitatio | motion, movement, agitation; activity |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |