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Where does “actuante” come from?

actuante (Latin) comes from Latin actuans, from Latin āctuō, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

actuante (Latin): ablative masculine singular of āctuāns; ablative...

Definitions

  1. ablative masculine singular of āctuāns; ablative...

Ancestry of “actuante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinactuansactuating
2Latināctuō—
3Latināctus—
4Latinagō—
5Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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