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...
2Latināctusmade, done, having been done
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “actuar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →