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Where does “agitatory” come from?

agitatory (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.

agitatory (English): Serving to agitate

Definitions

  1. Serving to agitate

Ancestry of “agitatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishagitateTo disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up; To...
2Latinagitatusdriven, impelled; brandished, wielded; agitated,...
3Latinagitō—
4Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
5Latin-tō—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “agitatory”

  • agitatorinen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →