English
agitation
Agitation comes from Latin agitātiō ‘movement, agitation’, from agitō ‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’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 act, to behave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitātiō‘movement, agitation’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentagitation
- Englishearliest quotation 1692agitation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’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 act, to behave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitātiō‘movement, agitation’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentagitation
- Englishearliest quotation 1692agitation
Earliest quotation: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name : “[…] a logical agitation of the matter […]”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, progesterone, ingest, samaj, gestation, agger, axiomatic, gerund, gestion, 130 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, reactionary, axiom, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 102 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, actively, transaction, inactive, radioactive, unambiguous, retroactive, reagent, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 80 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
act, actual, active, action, agency, actor, agent, activity, examine, agenda, examination, ambiguous, activate, enact, squat, assay, ambiguity, agile, agility, radium, cogent, actuator, inexact, exigent, redact, actuate, actuation, 97 more
Today it means
noun The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / agitation