Where does “agente” come from?

agente (French) comes from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Ancestry of “agente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagentagent
2Middle Frenchagent—
3Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
4Latinagōto act, to behave
5Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “agente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →