Etymograph

English

agentry

From agent + -ry.

A compound of agent + -ry

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 The position of being an agent.

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

Etymograph / agentry