Where does “Reiseagentur” come from?

Reiseagentur (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.

Reiseagentur (German): travel agency

Definitions

  1. travel agency

Ancestry of “Reiseagentur”, step by step

Reiseagentur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Agentur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAgenturagency
2Italianagenteagent, representative; constable, low rank police...
3Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
4Latinagōto act, to behave
5Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via German reise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanreiseinflection of reisen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanreisewar expedition
3Old High Germanreisaa setting out, expedtion, journey
4Finnishraisuboisterous, rambunctious
5Proto-Germanicraisōa travel, journey
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rey-to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Italic agō
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