Agent
A word almost unchanged over hundreds of years.
From Latin agentum (effective, powerful), Latin agens, agere (to drive, to set in motion; to do, perform; to keep in movement); from Greek agein (to drive, to lead); and from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root ag (to drive, to draw out or forth, to move, to lead).
The English word agent (one who acts) is from 1471. Agent, meaning any natural force or substance which produces something, is from the 1550s; meaning a deputy or representative is from the 1590s; and used in the sense of a spy or secret agent is from 1916.
From Latin agentum (effective, powerful), Latin agens, agere (to drive, to set in motion; to do, perform; to keep in movement); from Greek agein (to drive, to lead); and from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root ag (to drive, to draw out or forth, to move, to lead).
The English word agent (one who acts) is from 1471. Agent, meaning any natural force or substance which produces something, is from the 1550s; meaning a deputy or representative is from the 1590s; and used in the sense of a spy or secret agent is from 1916.
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