Etymograph

English

activatability

From activatable + -ity.

A compound of active + activate + activatable

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

English activate

Today it means

noun The state of being activatable.

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

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