English
actuatable
Actuatable comes from Latin āctuō ‘to actuate, activate, implement’, from agō ‘to act, to behave’, 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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctuō‘to actuate, activate, implement’
- Medieval Latinmodernāctuātus
- English1500–presentactuate
- Englishearliest quotation 2004actuatable
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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctuō‘to actuate, activate, implement’
- Medieval Latinmodernāctuātus
- English1500–presentactuate
- Englishearliest quotation 2004actuatable
Earliest quotation: 2004, Joseph K. Davidson, Robots and Screw Theory: “But when a seventh actuatable joint is embodied in…”
A compound of actuate + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
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Latin agō ‘do, act’
Latin āctus
Medieval Latin āctuō ‘actuate, implement’
Medieval Latin āctuātus ‘actuated’
English actuate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
suggest, register, essay, gesture, acre, digest, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, progesterone, ingestion, ingest, gestation, axiomatic, agitate, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 131 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, reactionary, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, agonize, stratagem, 105 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, transaction, actively, radioactive, inactive, unambiguous, reagent, retroactive, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 83 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
action, agency, act, agent, active, activity, agenda, examine, examination, ambiguous, ambiguity, agility, activate, assay, agile, squat, enact, agitation, radium, cogent, exigent, inexact, redact, 100 more
through Latin āctus
Today it means
adj Able to be actuated
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / actuatable