agitate的词源

英文词源

agitate

agitate: [16] Agitate is one of a host of English words descended ultimately from Latin agere (see AGENT). Among the many meanings of agere was ‘drive, move’, and a verb derived from it denoting repeated action, agitāre, hence meant ‘move to and fro’. This physical sense of shaking was present from the start in English agitate, but so was the more metaphorical ‘perturb’.

The notion of political agitation does not emerge until the early 19th century, when the Marquis of Anglesey is quoted as saying to an Irish deputation: ‘If you really expect success, agitate, agitate, agitate!’ In this meaning, a derivative of Latin agitāre has entered English via Russian in agitprop ‘political propaganda’ [20], in which agit is short for agitatsiya ‘agitation’.
=> act, agent

agitate (v.)

1580s, "to disturb," from Latin agitatus, past participle of agitare "to put in constant motion, drive onward, impel," frequentative of agere "to move, drive" (see agitation). Literal sense of "move to and fro, shake" is from 1590s. Related: Agitated; agitating.

中文词源

agitate：煽动

发音释义：['ædʒɪteɪt] vt. 摇动；骚动；使…激动vi. 煽动

结构分析：agitate = agit（摇动）+ate（动词后缀）→煽动

词源解释：agit←拉丁语agitare←agere（做、动作）；agitare是agere的反复形式

同源词：agitation（煽动），agitated（被鼓动的、不安的），agent（代理人）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：agitate 词源，agitate 含义。

agitate：煽动

来自词根ag, 做。此处指做坏事。