Where does “Nachrichtenagentur” come from?
Nachrichtenagentur (German) comes from German Agentur, 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.
Nachrichtenagentur (German): news agency
Ancestry of “Nachrichtenagentur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Agentur | agency |
| 2 | Italian | agente | agent, representative; constable, low rank police... |
| 3 | Latin | agēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | agō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |