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

Definitions

  1. Grouped together

Ancestry of “agminate”, step by step

agminate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin agmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinagmena train of something; multitude, host, crowd,...
2LatinagoI act, I behave; I do or make continuously or...
3Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via New Latin agminātus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinagminātus—
2Classical Latin-ātus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →
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