Do you konw any words which come from "agere" in Latin?
looks like " prodigious".
please give me another expample words like this.
and many thanks
2007-10-11 14:21:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I don't think "prodigious" is coming from the Latin verb "agere". I rather guess from the Latin word "prodigium" which etymology is "pro digito" (about finger).
From agere are directly deriving words like
agent / agenda / agency / manager / management /
and a bunch of other composite words with the final suffix "age" (from the Latin "agere") that has the meaning of
"made with, made by" :
for example collage / marriage / storage etc.
2007-10-11 18:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lots of words from 'agere' - but prodigious is not one.
The principal parts are: ago, agere, egi, actus. From that 4th part, we get: actor, actress, act, action, and all of the prefixed 'action' words - react, transaction, proactive, and so on.
Prodigious comes from Latin 'prodigium', a portent, wonder, prodigy. This came from 'pro' + 'adagium', a proverb or adage.
2007-10-12 15:45:48 · answer #2 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
agent
agency
agenda
2007-10-11 21:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by rb42redsuns 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could it be...menagerie?
2007-10-11 21:30:46 · answer #4 · answered by GH 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋