Where does “Doppelagent” come from?

Doppelagent (German) comes from German Agent, 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.

Doppelagent (German): double agent

Definitions

  1. double agent

Ancestry of “Doppelagent”, step by step

Doppelagent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Agent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAgentagent; agent, spy
2Frenchagentagent
3Middle Frenchagent—
4Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
5Latinagōto act, to behave
6Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via German Doppel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDoppeldoubles; duplicate
2Middle Dutchdubbel—
3Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
4Middle Frenchdouble—
5Old Frenchdobledouble
6Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
7Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “Doppelagent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →
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