English

Special Agent

From Special + Agent.

A compound of Special + Agent

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see’

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Latin speciēs ‘seeing’

Latin speciālis ‘specific’

Old French especial

Middle English *special

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to act’

Latin agēns ‘doing’

English Agent

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Special Agent