The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγωνίζομαι“to fight, contend”
- Late Latin · derived fromagonizare
- French · derived fromagoniser
- English todayagonize
From French agoniser, from Late Latin agonizare, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai, “to fight, contend”). See agony. By surface analysis, agon + -ize.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.