Where does “aktuell” come from?
aktuell (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French actuel, from Latin actuālis, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
aktuell (Norwegian Bokmål): current
Ancestry of “aktuell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | actuel | current |
| 2 | Latin | actuālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | āctus | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “aktuell”