Where does “agminate” come from?
agminate (English) comes from Latin agmen, from Latin ago, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
agminate (English): Grouped together
Ancestry of “agminate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | agmen | a train of something; multitude, host, crowd,... |
| 2 | Latin | ago | I act, I behave; I do or make continuously or... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |