Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones. · a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee. · Reality, usually with the definite article.
relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical · Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. · Physical rather than virtual. · in action at the time being; now existing; current.
From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. By surface analysis, act + -u- + -al.
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