English
agentess
From agent + -ess.
Formed from agent + -ess
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act’
Latin agēns ‘doing’
English agent
Today it means
noun A female agent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / agentess