Where does “retroagire” come from?
retroagire (Italian) comes from Italian agire, from French agir, from Latin agere, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
retroagire (Italian): to retroact; to be backdated
Definitions
- to retroact; to be backdated
Ancestry of “retroagire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | agire | to act or operate; to work, run or function; to... |
| 2 | French | agir | to act; to act, to do; to act, behave |
| 3 | Latin | agere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |