English

action

/ˈækʃən̩/
The effort of performing or doing something.

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    Origin

    From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. See also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishaccioun
      • borrowedOld Frenchaucion
        • inheritedLatināctiō “action”
          • partLatināctum
            • derivedLatinagō “lead, drive, impel, push”
              • inheritedProto-Italic*agō “to drive, impel”
                • inheritedProto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
          • partLatin-tiō “-tion”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-tiō
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*-tiHō
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*-tis
            • derivedProto-Italic*-tiō
    • rootProto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ- “to drive”

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