Etymograph

English

exagitate

Exagitate comes from Latin exagitō ‘to set in motion’, from agō ‘to act, to behave’, 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*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to act, to behave’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘put in motion, drive, impel’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexagitōas exagitāre, participle stem‘to set in motion’
  7. Englishtodayexagitate

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*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to act, to behave’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō‘put in motion, drive, impel’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexagitōas exagitāre, participle stem‘to set in motion’
  7. Englishtodayexagitate

Linked words

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

suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, ingestion, progesterone, ingest, gestation, axiomatic, samaj, agger, gerund, gestion, 128 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, agonize, stratagem, 101 more

through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, retroactive, unambiguous, hyperactivity, reagent, ambiguously, 79 more

through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

act, action, active, actual, activity, agency, actor, agent, agenda, examination, examine, ambiguous, activate, enact, squat, assay, ambiguity, agile, agility, radium, cogent, actuator, actuation, redact, exigent, inexact, actuate, 96 more

through Latin agitō ‘put in motion, drive, impel’

agitation, 10 more

Today it means

verb To excite, stir up.

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

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

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