English
act
/ækt/
Something done, a deed.
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Origin
From Middle English acte, from Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Compare German Akte (“file”). Partially displaced deed, from Old English dǣd (“act, deed”).
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Lineage
- inheritedMiddle Englishacte
- borrowedOld Frenchact
- inheritedLatinācta
- borrowedOld Frenchact
- rootProto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ- “to drive”
Related: German Akte
Sources
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: act