Where does “actors” come from?
actors (Scots) comes from Scots actor, from English actor, from French acteur, from Middle French acteur, from Latin āctor, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
actors (Scots): plural of actor
Definitions
- plural of actor
Ancestry of “actors”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | actor | actor |
| 2 | English | actor | A person who performs in a theatrical play or... |
| 3 | French | acteur | actor |
| 4 | Middle French | acteur | — |
| 5 | Latin | āctor | doer, agent |
| 6 | Latin | āctus | made, done, having been done |
| 7 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |