Latin word root · Motion & Action

ag-: doing, driving

ag- is a Latin root meaning “doing, driving”. Learn its variants and explore 6 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: doing, driving

Root forms: ag-, act-, ig-

Source word: agō — to act, to behave

Word family and examples

• action

  The effort of performing or doing something.

• active

  Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.

• actual

  relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical

• agent

  a person who acts on behalf of another

• actor

  Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.

• react

  to respond to something

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