Etymograph

English

agminate

Agminate comes from New Latin agminātus ‘grouped, agminate’, from Latin agmen ‘a troop’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵ-mn̥ ~ *h₂ǵ-mén-s‘army, band, troop’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagmen‘a troop’
  4. New Latinc. 1500–1900agminātus‘grouped, agminate’
  5. Englishtodayagminate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵ-mn̥ ~ *h₂ǵ-mén-s‘army, band, troop’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagmen‘a troop’
  4. New Latinc. 1500–1900agminātus‘grouped, agminate’
  5. Englishtodayagminate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’

act, action, active, activity, actual, suggest, agency, actor, agent, register, strategy, essay, agenda, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, ambiguous, activate, agony, ambiguity, assay, squat, agile, antagonist, agility, belligerent, agrarian, axiom, agitation, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, radium, cogent, antagonism, agonist, ingest, actuator, antagonize, 151 more

Today it means

adj Grouped together.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / agminate

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