Where does “actif” come from?
actif (French) comes from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
actif (French): active; asset; top
Definitions
- active; asset; top
Ancestry of “actif”, step by step
actif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French actif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | actif | active |
| 2 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |