Where does “instigator” come from?

instigator (Latin) comes from Latin instigo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

instigator (Latin): second-person singular future passive imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative...

Ancestry of “instigator”, step by step

instigator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin instigo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininstigoI stimulate, set on, incite, rouse or urge
2Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

via Latin īnstīgāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnstīgāre—

Words derived from “instigator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →Every word from Latin instigo →
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