English
actuability
Actuability comes from Latin āctuō ‘to actuate, activate, implement’, from āctus ‘action’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to act, to behave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctus‘action’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctuō‘to actuate, activate, implement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1682actuability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to act, to behave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctus‘action’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctuō‘to actuate, activate, implement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1682actuability
Earliest quotation: 1682, Henry More, Annotations upon the Diſcourſe of Truth: “As the Phyſical Idea of Body, Matter or Subſtance…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
suggest, register, essay, gesture, acre, digest, congestion, agrarian, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, belligerent, ingest, axiomatic, agitate, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 130 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, reactionary, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 104 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, transaction, actively, radioactive, inactive, reagent, unambiguous, retroactive, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 82 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
action, act, agency, agent, active, agenda, activity, examination, examine, activate, ambiguous, squat, assay, agile, enact, agitation, ambiguity, radium, agility, cogent, exigent, inexact, redact, 99 more
through Latin āctus ‘action’
through Latin āctuō ‘to actuate, activate, implement’
Today it means
noun Capable of being acted or actuated upon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / actuability