Where does “interagency” come from?
Interagency derives from Latin inter- combined with Latin agens, the present participle of Latin ago meaning to drive or act, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-.
interagency (English): Between or among agencies; intermediate agency
Definitions
- Between or among agencies; intermediate agency
Ancestry of “interagency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agency | The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | agentia | nominative neuter plural of agēns; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | agēns | doing, acting, making |
| 4 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |