ago

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I act, I behave
  • I do or make continuously or regularly.
  • I negotiate
  • I effect, accomplish, achieve
  • I treat, I deal
  • I act, play, perform e.g., a role in a play
  • I perform, transact, conduct, manage e.g. business, affairs
  • I administer, direct, guide, govern
  • I drive (sense of providing an impetus for motion), impel, move, push
  • I conduct, drive (sense of providing governance to motion)
  • I discuss, debate, deliberate used in civil, political and legal contexts
  • (law) I plead
  • I think upon; I am occupied with
  • I aim at, I get at generally in the subjunctive mood and preceded by m
  • I stir up, excite, cause, induce
  • I lead, drive e.g., livestock
  • I chase, pursue
  • I drive at, pursue (a course of action)
  • I rob, steal, plunder, carry off
  • (of time) I pass, spend, lead
  • (of offerings) I slay, kill (as a sacrifice)
  • (of plants) I put forth, sprout, extend
  • (law) I hold a court

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *agō (drive, impel, I do, I push, I drive, act) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (be driving), *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eǵ-

Gloss

drive, lead, push, herd

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji
🚂

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