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Where does “agro” come from?

Agro is a back-formation from aggro, which derives from English aggravation, shortened in British slang to mean exasperation or hostility.

agro (English): angry

Definitions

  1. angry

Ancestry of “agro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianagrosour, vinegary; countryside around a town
2Vulgar Latinacrussour
3Latinācer—
4Latinsaccharumsugar
5Ancient Greekσάκχαρsugar; sugar cane
6Sanskritशर्कराgravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or...
7Proto-Indo-AryanśárkaraH—
8Proto-Indo-IranianćárkaraH—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel
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