Where does “ajent” come from?
ajent (Slovincian) comes from Polish ajent, from Polish agent, from German Agent, from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
ajent (Slovincian): agent
Definitions
- agent
Ancestry of “ajent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | ajent | commission agent |
| 2 | Polish | agent | agent |
| 3 | German | Agent | agent; agent, spy |
| 4 | French | agent | agent |
| 5 | Middle French | agent | — |
| 6 | Latin | agēns | doing, acting, making |
| 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 |