myEtymology.com: English etymology of agitator

Etymology of the English word agitator

the English word agitator

derived from the English word agitate

derived from the Latin word agitatio (brandishing, waving, shaking)

derived from the Latin word agitatus (agile, animated, brisk; movement, activity, state of motion)

derived from the Latin word agitare (stir, drive, shake)

derived from the Medieval Latin word agere (to drive; drive, urge, conduct)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ag-

using the English suffix -or