English
agogic
Agogic may come from German Agoge ‘tempo’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentAgoge‘tempo’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1974agogic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentAgoge‘tempo’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1974agogic
Earliest quotation: 1974, Margery Halford, Piano or Harpsichord?: “On most early instruments, changes were made only at…”
Formed from -ic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, reaction, register, actively, essay, transaction, acre, gesture, radioactive, digest, congestion, inactive, belligerent, agrarian, gestation, ingestion, retroactive, unambiguous, hyperactivity, progesterone, ingest, reagent, ambiguously, samaj, agitate, gerund, gestion, agger, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, ambiguity, assay, agility, agile, agitation, radium, actuator, cogent, actuation, inexact, exigent, actuate, 111 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, antagonism, agonist, axiomatic, antagonize, agonize, 21 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead’
Today it means
adj Accentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Agoge / agogic