English
agitatrix
Agitatrix comes from Latin agitātrīx ‘female equivalent of agitātor’, from agitō ‘to put something in motion’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-1‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti1‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō1‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō2‘do, act, make’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitō3‘to put something in motion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitātrīx4‘female equivalent of agitātor’
- Englishtodayagitatrix4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin ago
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin agito
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin agitatrix
- 4 Wiktionary, English agitatrix
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-Wiktionary, Latin ago‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵetiWiktionary, Latin ago‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agōWiktionary, Latin ago‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagōWiktionary, Latin agito‘do, act, make’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitōWiktionary, Latin agitatrix‘to put something in motion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagitātrīxWiktionary, English agitatrix‘female equivalent of agitātor’
- EnglishtodayagitatrixWiktionary, English agitatrix
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, belligerent, progesterone, ingestion, agrarian, ingest, gestation, axiomatic, samaj, agger, gerund, gestion, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, agonize, stratagem, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, unambiguous, retroactive, hyperactivity, reagent, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘do, act, make’
act, action, active, actual, activity, agency, actor, agent, examine, examination, agenda, activate, ambiguous, enact, squat, assay, ambiguity, agile, agility, radium, cogent, actuator, actuation, inexact, exigent, redact, actuate, 96 more
Today it means
noun A woman who agitates; a female agitator.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “agitatrix”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin ago, Latin agito, Latin agitatrix. 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- / agitatrix