ag / act / ig
to do, to drive, to act
Latin · agere / actus
Latin agere means to drive or do. Words with act are about doing: an actor does a role, an agent acts for others, a reaction is an act in answer, a transaction drives something across.
Memory trick
Ag: a farmer drives the herd, agere means to drive and to do.
Words from this root
- act (act) — to do somethingकाम करना, अभिनय करना
- action (act + ion) — a thing doneकार्य, कार्रवाई
- active (act + ive) — full of doing, livelyसक्रिय, फुर्तीला
- actor (act + or) — a person who acts a roleअभिनेता
- actual (act + ual) — real, really doneवास्तविक
- agent (ag + ent) — a person who acts for othersएजेंट, प्रतिनिधि
- agency (ag + ency) — an office that acts for othersएजेंसी
- agenda (ag + enda) — things to be doneकार्यसूची
- agile (ag + ile) — easy to drive, quick movingफुर्तीला, चुस्त
- exact (ex + act) — driven out preciselyसटीक
- react (re + act) — to act in answerप्रतिक्रिया देना
- reaction (re + act + ion) — an act done in answerप्रतिक्रिया
- transaction (trans + act + ion) — a deal driven acrossलेन-देन
- interactive (inter + act + ive) — acting between each otherसंवादात्मक
- hyperactive (hyper + act + ive) — too activeअति सक्रिय