OriginBorrowed from Latin agō (“to act”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Cognate with Danish agere, also a Latin borrowing. Compare also Swedish åka, which derives from Old Norse aka, from the same ultimate Proto-Indo-European verb.
- to act (all senses)
- to take action
Formsagerar(present) · agerade(preterite) · agerat(supine) · agera(imperative) · agera(active, infinitive) · ageras(infinitive, passive) · agerat(active, supine) · agerats(passive, supine) · agera(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · ageren(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · agerar(active, indicative, present) · agerade(active, indicative, past) · ageras(indicative, passive, present) · agerades(indicative, passive, past) · agera(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · agerade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · ageras(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · agerades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)