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Where does “aktuaalisuus” come from?

aktuaalisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish aktuaalinen, from Finnish aktuaali, from Latin actuālis, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

aktuaalisuus (Finnish): actuality

Definitions

  1. actuality

Ancestry of “aktuaalisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaktuaalinencurrent; actual, real, factual
2Finnishaktuaali—
3Latinactuālis—
4Latināctus—
5Latinagō—
6Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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