Etymograph

English

transactivation

From trans- + activation.

A compound of trans- + active + -ation + active + activate + -ation + -ion + activation

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

English activate

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’

Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

English activate

English activation

Today it means

noun The activation of something by another entity that has a spatial relationship with it

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Etymograph / transactivation