Etymograph

English

abaction

Abaction comes from Latin abāctiō, from abigō ‘to drive away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-1‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti1‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō1‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō2‘do, act, make’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabigō3‘to drive away’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabāctiō4
  7. Englishtodayabaction4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin ago
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin abigo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin abactio
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English abaction

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-Wiktionary, Latin ago‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵetiWiktionary, Latin ago‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agōWiktionary, Latin ago‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagōWiktionary, Latin abigo‘do, act, make’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabigōWiktionary, Latin abactio‘to drive away’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabāctiōWiktionary, English abaction
  7. EnglishtodayabactionWiktionary, English abaction

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’

suggest, register, essay, gesture, digest, acre, agrarian, congestion, belligerent, progesterone, ingest, agitate, gestation, agger, samaj, axiomatic, gerund, gestion, 128 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 101 more

through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

actively, radioactive, inactive, unambiguous, reagent, reactionary, retroactive, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 78 more

through Latin agō ‘do, act, make’

agency, agent, act, actual, activity, active, agenda, actor, examine, reaction, examination, ambiguous, transaction, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, activate, enact, radium, agitation, cogent, actuator, exigent, inexact, actuate, actuation, redact, 94 more

Today it means

noun Carrying away by force, especially of animals.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “abaction”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin ago, Latin abigo, Latin abactio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / abaction

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