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Where does “agiotage” come from?

agiotage (French) comes from French agioter, from French agio, from Italian aggio, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

agiotage (French): agiotage; speculation

Definitions

  1. agiotage; speculation

Ancestry of “agiotage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagioterto speculate
2Frenchagioexchange premium, agio
3Italianaggiopremium
4Old Occitanaizeease
5Latinadiacēns—
6LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “agiotage”

  • agiotage
  • ажиотаж
  • agiotagem
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →