akt.
a solemn or formal act; a ceremony
Meaning & usage
a solemn or formal act; a ceremony
an action, activity or task
an act of sexual intercourse; sex
an act, one of the major divisions of a play or other dramatic work
an act, one of the major divisions of a play or other dramatic work a stage, episode or instalment in a prolonged sequence of events
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin āctusbor. Norwegian Bokmål akt Borrowed from Latin āctus (“act, action; performance”), a substantivized perfect passive participle of agō (“to drive; do, act”), from Proto-Italic *agō (“to drive; do, act”), ultimately from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Compare the parallel borrowings Danish akt (“act, ceremony; theatre act”), Swedish akt (“act, ceremony; theatre act”) and German Akt (“act; theatre act”).
attention, heed or notice, now chiefly surviving in fixed expressions
opinion, reputation, esteem, reverence or respect, now chiefly surviving in fixed expressions
intention, purpose or design
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German acht (“attention, consideration; opinion, esteem; intention”), related to achten (“to consider, heed, esteem”). The Norwegian senses reflect the older semantic range “thought or consideration; opinion or esteem; intention”. Compare Middle High German ahte (“consideration, opinion, esteem”), Old High German ahta (“consideration, opinion, esteem”), Old English eahtian (“to deliberate, evaluate”), Dutch achten (“to regard, esteem”) and German achten (“to heed, esteem”). Old Norse ætla (“to intend, suppose”) has traditionally been connected with the same Germanic family.
outlawry, proscription; the condition of having been deprived of legal protection
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German ācht (“outlawry, proscription”); compare the Middle Low German variant āchte (“outlawry, proscription”). The legal sense developed from an older Germanic meaning “hostile pursuit, persecution”. Compare Middle High German āhte (“pursuit, proscription, outlawry”), Old High German āhta (“hostile pursuit”), Old English ōht (“persecution, hostility”) and German Acht (“outlawry, ban”). The further origin is uncertain.
a record, document, case file or formal act; especially a written record of legal proceedings or an official case document
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin āctabor. Norwegian Bokmål akt Borrowed from Latin ācta (“things done; official records”), the substantivized neuter plural of the perfect passive participle of agō (“to drive; do, act”). Compare the parallel borrowings Danish akt (“official document, case file”) and German Akte (“file, dossier”).
a nude model; an artist's model posing nude
a nude, an artwork depicting a naked person
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin āctusbor. German Aktbor. Norwegian Bokmål akt Borrowed from German Akt (“nude model; artistic representation of a nude person”). The German word is ultimately from āctus (“act, action; performance”), from the same Latin verb as in Etymology 1.
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