agent (male or of unspecified gender) (intermediary for certain services, such as for artistic performances or public relations) · agent, spy (male or of unspecified gender) (person working for a secret service)
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱 (gʿš /gōš/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (g-u-š /gauša/, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰows- (“hear”). Indo-Iranian cognates include: Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (gaoša), Baluchi گوش (goš), Northern Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa). Also compare Old Armenian գոյշ (goyš), an…
agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency) · commission agent (agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name) · representative (company agent)
çekim: çoğul agenci · tamlayan agenta
eş: szpieg, wywiadowca
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēnsder. German Agentbor. Polish agent Borrowed from German Agent. First attested in 1609. Doublet of agens.
agent (one who acts in place of another) · agent (an active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect) · agent
çekim: çoğul ágensek
köken: Borrowed from German Agent, from French agent, from Latin agens (“agent”). With Latinate -ens ending.
köken: From explōrāre (“to explore, to spy upon, to test”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to shout, to cry”), possibly with reference to raising game while hunting by sending out cryers.