English
superactivate
From super- + activate.
A compound of super- + active + -ate + activate
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
English activate
Today it means
verb To produce, or to undergo superactivity or superactivation
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “superactivate”. 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.
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