Etymograph

English

agentless

From agent + -less.

Formed from agent + -less

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

adj Without an agent.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agentless