actio en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin āctum Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin āctiōbor. English actio Borrowed from Latin āctiō.
Meanings
- (rhetoric, uncountable) The use of voice and gestures in oratory; the style of delivery of a speech.