Etymology of the English word radioactivate
the English word
radioactivateusing the English suffix
-atederived from the English word
radioactivederived from the English word
activederived from the Latin word
activus (active; practical; active)
derived from the Classical Latin word
actum (act, deed, transaction)
derived from the Late Latin word
actus (act, performance, delivery; right of way, road for cattle; path)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
agere (to drive; drive, urge, conduct)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ag-using the English prefix
radio-derived from the French prefix
radio-derived from the Latin word
radius (rod, spoke; ray; rod)
using the French suffix
-ableUsage
Word found in Modern English
