English
agenda
Agenda comes from Latin agenda ‘things that ought to be done’, from agō ‘to do, act, make’, 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 do, act, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagenda‘things that ought to be done’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005agenda
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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 do, act, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagenda‘things that ought to be done’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005agenda
Earliest quotation: 2005, Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W. Brue: “A homework agenda, sometimes called a student planner, is…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
register, suggest, essay, acre, gesture, congestion, digest, agrarian, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, belligerent, ingest, axiomatic, agitate, samaj, gestion, agger, gerund, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 102 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, retroactive, unambiguous, hyperactivity, ambiguously, reagent, 80 more
through Latin agō ‘to do, act, make’
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, examination, examine, agency, agent, activate, ambiguous, squat, ambiguity, assay, enact, agile, agility, agitation, radium, actuator, actuation, cogent, inexact, actuate, redact, exigent, 97 more
Today it means
noun A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / agenda