Etymology of the English word agentival
the English word
agentivalusing the English suffix
-alderived from the Latin suffix
-alisderived from the English word
agentivederived from the English word
agentderived from the Latin word
agens (advocate, pleader; secret police; efficient, effective, powerful)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
agere (to drive; drive, urge, conduct)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ag-using the English suffix
-ivederived from the French suffix
-ivederived from the Latin suffix
-ivusUsage
Word found in Modern English