Where does “агентлык” come from?
агентлык (Tatar) comes from Tatar агент, from Russian аге́нт, from German Agent, from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
агентлык (Tatar): agency
Definitions
- agency
Ancestry of “агентлык”, step by step
агентлык traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tatar агент
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatar | агент | agent |
| 2 | Russian | аге́нт | agent, envoy |
| 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 |
via Tatar лик
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatar | лик | — |