Etymology

self-activity

Today it means: Self-motion or the power of moving one's self or itself without foreign or external aid. Full definition →

English activity ← Middle French activité ← Latin āctīvitās
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  10. Proto-Italic*agō
  11. Latinagō
  12. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  13. Latināctīvus
  14. Latināctīvitās
  15. Middle Frenchactivité
  16. Englishactivity
  17. English todayself-activity

From self- + activity.

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