Where does “agace” come from?

agace (French) comes from Middle French agace, from Old French agace, from Frankish agattjā, from Proto-West Germanic ag-ad- ~ ag-at-, from Proto-West Germanic agu, from Proto-Germanic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oḱ-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

agace (French): magpie; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. magpie; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “agace”, step by step

agace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French agace

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchagace—
2Old Frenchagacemagpie
3Frankishagattjāmagpie
4Proto-West Germanicag-ad- ~ ag-at-—
5Proto-West Germanicagumagpie
6Proto-Germanicagō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oḱ-éh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

via French agacer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagacerto irritate; to tease
2Old Frenchaacier—
3Vulgar Latinadacidare—
4Latinacidare—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oḱ-éh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agō →