Etymology of the French word acteur
the French word
acteurderived from the Latin word
actor (actor, performer, doer; drover, herdsman; wielder)
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-Date
The earliest known usage of acteur in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
téléacteurDerivations in other languages
Romanian
actorCognates
Dutch
acteur, English
actor, German
Akteur, Latin
actor, Lithuanian
aktorius, Norwegian
aktor, Polish
aktor, Russian
aктëp, Swedish
aktör
