English
preactivity
Preactivity comes from Latin āctīvitās ‘activity, movement, action’, from agō ‘to act, to behave’, 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 CEāctīvus‘active’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctīvitās‘activity, movement, action’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600activité
- English1500–presentactivity
- Englishearliest quotation 2017preactivity
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 CEāctīvus‘active’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāctīvitās‘activity, movement, action’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600activité
- English1500–presentactivity
- Englishearliest quotation 2017preactivity
Earliest quotation: 2017, David Stroupe: “The preactivities really prepared me for the trip to…”
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, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, agonist, reactionary, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 102 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, transaction, unambiguous, reagent, ambiguously, 80 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
act, agency, agent, action, actual, actor, agenda, examine, examination, actively, ambiguous, squat, agile, assay, radioactive, ambiguity, enact, inactive, agility, agitation, cogent, actuator, retroactive, exigent, actuation, inexact, actuate, redact, 92 more
through Latin āctīvus ‘active’
active, activate, radium, 27 more
through English activity
Today it means
adj Before an activity takes place.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / preactivity