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Etymology of agenda

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agendader. English agenda From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future pass

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2

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noun

A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. · A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting). · A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner. · An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agendader. English agenda From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“to do, act, make”).

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

plural of agendum

verb

To add (an item) to an official schedule.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agendader. English agenda From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“to do, act, make”).

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