English
cogitabund
Cogitabund comes from Latin cōgitābundus ‘thinking, thoughtful’, from agitō ‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or…’, 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‘to act, to behave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitō‘to think’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitābundus‘thinking, thoughtful’
- Englishearliest quotation 1649cogitabund
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‘to act, to behave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitō‘to think’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitābundus‘thinking, thoughtful’
- Englishearliest quotation 1649cogitabund
Earliest quotation: 1649, John Bulwer, Dissect. XVII: “To turn the apple of the eye towards the…”
The story
Learned borrowing from Latin cōgitābundus (‘thinking, thoughtful’), from cōgitō (‘to think; to consider, ponder; to intend, plan’) + -bundus (suffix forming adjectives with an active or transitive meaning). Cōgitō is derived from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together of several things) + agitō (‘to put in motion; to rouse, stir up; to consider, meditate upon; to contrive, intend; to deliberate upon, discuss’) (from agō (‘to act, do; to impel, move; to deliberate, discuss; to think upon’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (‘to drive’)) + -itō (suffix forming frequentative verbs)).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, ingestion, progesterone, gestation, ingest, axiomatic, agger, samaj, agitate, gestion, gerund, 127 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, retroactive, reagent, unambiguous, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
act, action, active, agency, actual, agent, activity, actor, examination, examine, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, enact, assay, ambiguity, agile, agility, radium, actuator, actuation, cogent, inexact, exigent, actuate, redact, 96 more
through Latin agitō ‘to act, behave, do, or make persistently or…’
Today it means
adj Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / cogitabund