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activus

Pronunciation: [aːkˈtiː.wʊs]

“activus” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. active
  2. practical
  3. active (of a verb)

Etymology

From agō (“to act”) + -īvus. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός (energētikós).

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