English
agitographia
Agitographia comes from Latin agitō ‘to put something in motion, drive, impel’, from agō ‘do, act, make’, 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‘do, act, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to put something in motion, drive, impel’
- Englishtodayagitographia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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‘do, act, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to put something in motion, drive, impel’
- Englishtodayagitographia
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, belligerent, gestation, ingestion, progesterone, ingest, agrarian, axiomatic, samaj, agitate, agger, gerund, gestion, 127 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, actively, transaction, inactive, radioactive, retroactive, unambiguous, reagent, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘do, act, make’
act, action, active, actual, activity, agency, agent, actor, examination, examine, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, enact, assay, ambiguity, agile, agility, radium, actuator, cogent, actuation, inexact, exigent, actuate, redact, 96 more
through Latin agitō ‘to put something in motion, drive, impel’
Today it means
noun Very fast writing, normally with unintentional omission of words
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / agitographia