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Where does “actuar” come from?

actuar (Spanish) comes from Medieval Latin actuare, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

actuar (Spanish): to act, to behave; to act, to perform; to actuate

Definitions

  1. to act, to behave; to act, to perform; to actuate

Ancestry of “actuar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinactuarepresent active infinitive of āctuō; second-person...
2Latināctus—
3Latinagō—
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “actuar”

  • coactuar
  • actuante
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