Etymology

agency

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Today it means: The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power. Full definition →

Medieval Latin agēntia ← Latin agēns ← Proto-Italic *agō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*agō
  4. Latinagō
  5. Latinagēns
  6. Medieval Latinagēntia
  7. English todayagency

From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns (present participle of agere (“to act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).

Words from the same roots

Latinagēns all →

agent

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