Where does “aktualitet” come from?
aktualitet (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French actualité, from Latin actualitas, 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.
aktualitet (Norwegian Nynorsk): current interest, topicality, relevance
Definitions
- current interest, topicality, relevance
Ancestry of “aktualitet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | actualité | topic; topicality; documentary; news, current... |
| 2 | Latin | actualitas | actuality |
| 3 | Latin | actuālis | active, practical |
| 4 | Latin | āctus | made, done, having been done |
| 5 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |