English
agé
Agé may come from Latin age.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEageuncertain
- Englishtodayagé
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEageuncertain
- Englishtodayagé
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, belligerent, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, agrarian, ingest, axiomatic, agitate, samaj, gerund, gestion, agger, 127 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, reactionary, agony, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, retroactive, unambiguous, hyperactivity, reagent, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, examination, examine, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, enact, ambiguity, assay, agility, agile, agitation, radium, actuator, cogent, actuation, inexact, exigent, actuate, redact, 96 more
Today it means
verb To act for another (as a law agent or solicitor).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin age / agé