Where does “agitative” come from?
agitative (English) comes from English agitate, from Latin agitatus, from Latin agitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
agitative (English): Tending to agitate
Definitions
- Tending to agitate
Ancestry of “agitative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agitate | To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up; To... |
| 2 | Latin | agitatus | driven, impelled; brandished, wielded; agitated,... |
| 3 | Latin | agitō | to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly |
| 4 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |