English

aktionsart

Aktionsart comes from German Aktionsart.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of Aktion ‘action’ + Art ‘kind, sort’

Latin āctiō ‘action’

German Aktion ‘action’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to join, fit together’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ér-ti-s ~ *h₂r̥-téy-s

Proto-Germanic *ardiz ‘characteristic’

Proto-West Germanic *ard ‘native place’

Old High German *art

Middle High German art

German Art ‘kind, sort’

Attested in English from the 19th century.

Every English word from German Aktionsart

noun A property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; lexical aspect.

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