English
acturience
Acturience comes from Latin agō ‘to act’, from Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’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’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876acturience
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’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’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876acturience
Earliest quotation: 1876, John Grote: “Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, essay, acre, digest, congestion, gesture, agrarian, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, belligerent, ingest, agitate, axiomatic, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 127 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, reactionary, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, transaction, actively, radioactive, inactive, unambiguous, reagent, retroactive, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘to act’
action, act, agent, active, activity, agency, actual, actor, examination, examine, agenda, ambiguous, squat, activate, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agitation, enact, radium, cogent, actuator, exigent, actuation, inexact, redact, actuate, 96 more
Today it means
noun impulsiveness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / acturience