English
coact
Coact comes from Latin cōgō ‘to collect, assemble, gather together’, from agō ‘lead, drive, impel, push’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-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‘lead, drive, impel, push’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgō‘to collect, assemble, gather together’
- Englishearliest quotation 1563coact
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-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‘lead, drive, impel, push’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgō‘to collect, assemble, gather together’
- Englishearliest quotation 1563coact
Earliest quotation: 1563, John Foxe: “The faith and service of Christ ought to be…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
suggest, register, essay, gesture, digest, acre, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, ingest, agitate, axiomatic, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 127 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, reactionary, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, transaction, actively, radioactive, inactive, unambiguous, reagent, hyperactivity, retroactive, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘lead, drive, impel, push’
agency, agent, action, act, activity, active, actual, agenda, examination, examine, actor, ambiguous, agile, ambiguity, agility, activate, assay, agitation, enact, radium, actuator, exigent, actuation, inexact, actuate, redact, 96 more
through Latin cōgō ‘to collect, assemble, gather together’
Today it means
verb To compel, constrain, force.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / coact