Etymology

actio

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Today it means: The use of voice and gestures in oratory; the style of delivery of a speech. Full definition →

Latin āctiō ← Proto-Italic *agō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*agō
  4. Latinagō
  5. Latināctum
  6. Latināctiō
  7. English todayactio

Borrowed from Latin āctiō.

Words from the same roots

Latināctiō all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.