Where does “acente” come from?
acente (Turkish) comes from Italian agente, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
acente (Turkish): agent
Ancestry of “acente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | agente | agent, representative; constable, low rank police... |
| 2 | Latin | agēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | agō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
Words derived from “acente”