Where does “kaksoisagentti” come from?
kaksoisagentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish agentti, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
kaksoisagentti (Finnish): double agent
Ancestry of “kaksoisagentti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | agentti | agent |
| 2 | Latin | agēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | agō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |