English
actant
Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action + -ant
Formed from action + -ant
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
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Latin āctus
Latin āctiō ‘act of doing or making’
Old French aucion ‘action’
Middle English accioun ‘an action’
English action
The story
Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action + -ant
Today it means
noun That which acts; a source of action or activity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / actant