Where does “agitator” come from?
agitator (Polish) comes from German Agitator, from Latin agitator, from Latin agitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
agitator (Polish): agitator
Definitions
- agitator
Ancestry of “agitator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Agitator | agitator |
| 2 | Latin | agitator | driver of animals; drover; charioteer;... |
| 3 | Latin | agitō | to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly |
| 4 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |