Where does “Agentur” come from?

Agentur (German) comes from Italian agente, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Agentur (German): agency

Definitions

  1. agency

Ancestry of “Agentur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianagenteagent, representative; constable, low rank police...
2Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “Agentur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →