Etymology

underactuate

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Today it means: To make less easily actuated or responsive. Full definition →

English actuate ← Medieval Latin āctuātus ← Latin āctuō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  14. Proto-Italic*agō
  15. Latinagō
  16. Latināctus
  17. Latināctuō
  18. Medieval Latināctuātus
  19. Englishactuate
  20. English todayunderactuate

From under- + actuate.

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