Where does “אַקטועלקייט” come from?
אַקטועלקייט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַקטועל, from French actuel, from Latin actuālis, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
אַקטועלקייט (Yiddish): currency, topicality, currentness, present reality
Definitions
- currency, topicality, currentness, present reality
Ancestry of “אַקטועלקייט”, step by step
אַקטועלקייט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish אַקטועל
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אַקטועל | current, contemporary, real, present |
| 2 | French | actuel | current |
| 3 | Latin | actuālis | active, practical |
| 4 | Latin | āctus | made, done, having been done |
| 5 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |