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Translation

actor

Word origin

From Latin actor, a doer or performer, from agere, to drive or do. The same root runs through English act, agent and agenda.

Origin
Latin
Root
agere
English cognates
actor, agent, act

Examples

.

The actor plays an important role.

.

She is the leading actor at that theatre.

klare.

The young actor spoke very clearly.

is grammatically neutral, so it covers any performer; o marks a woman specifically when the distinction matters, and modern usage increasingly leaves it off. Aktori is the verb, to act, and o the craft of acting. The word to watch is , which is to act in the sense of taking action, and never in the sense of treading the boards.

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This word is part of lesson 30.