Where does “agitator” come from?
agitator (Romanian) comes from French agitateur, from French agiter, 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 (Romanian): stirrer
Definitions
- stirrer
Ancestry of “agitator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | agitateur | agitator |
| 2 | French | agiter | to shake, to wave; to agitate |
| 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 |