Where does “agace” come from?

agace (Old French) comes from Frankish agattjā, from Proto-West Germanic ag-ad- ~ ag-at-, from Proto-West Germanic agu, from Proto-Germanic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oḱ-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

agace (Old French): magpie

Definitions

  1. magpie

Ancestry of “agace”, step by step

agace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish agattjā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishagattjāmagpie
2Proto-West Germanicag-ad- ~ ag-at-—
3Proto-West Germanicagumagpie
4Proto-Germanicagō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oḱ-éh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

via Old High German agaza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanagazamagpie
2Proto-Germanicagatjōmagpie

Words derived from “agace”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oḱ-éh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agō →