English
transaction
Transaction comes from Late Latin transactio ‘agreement, transaction, deal’, from Latin 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 CEtrānsigō‘to finish, accomplish, settle, complete, conclude, transact’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEtransactio‘agreement, transaction, deal’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400transaccion
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600transaction
- Englishearliest quotation 2022transaction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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 CEtrānsigō‘to finish, accomplish, settle, complete, conclude, transact’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEtransactio‘agreement, transaction, deal’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400transaccion
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600transaction
- Englishearliest quotation 2022transaction
Earliest quotation: 2022, Ian Bogost, The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now: “But also: all of the banking transactions you carry…”
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross over, pass through, overcome’
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Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns ‘across, beyond’
Proto-Italic *trāns-
English trans-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
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Latin āctus
Latin āctiō ‘act of doing or making’
Old French aucion ‘action’
Middle English accioun ‘an action’
English action
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
suggest, register, essay, gesture, acre, digest, congestion, belligerent, agrarian, progesterone, ingest, agitate, gestation, agger, axiomatic, samaj, gerund, gestion, 130 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 103 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
actively, inactive, radioactive, unambiguous, reagent, reactionary, retroactive, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 80 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
act, agency, agent, actual, active, activity, actor, agenda, examine, reaction, examination, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, activate, agility, assay, enact, agitation, cogent, radium, actuator, exigent, inexact, actuate, actuation, redact, 96 more
through Latin trānsigō ‘to finish, accomplish, settle, complete,…’
Today it means
noun The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / transaction