English
agenticity
From agent + -icity; coined by Michael Shermer.
Formed from agent + -icity
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
The story
From agent + -icity; coined by Michael Shermer.
Today it means
noun The tendency to ascribe agency to an event where none exists.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / agenticity