agenda

Where does the word "agenda" come from? It comes from Latin agenda, and was adopted directly into English (1650s).

Agenda’s story begins in Latin: agenda meant “things to be done.” Neuter plural of the gerundive of 'agere', to do. It reached English by 1650s as agenda. First religious duties as opposed to beliefs; the meeting-list sense dates from the 1880s. Today, agenda means a list of items to be discussed at a meeting; a hidden motive.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient agenda "things to be done", neuter plural of the gerundive of 'agere', to do.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1650s agenda "a list of items to discuss", first religious duties as opposed to beliefs; the meeting-list sense dates from the 1880s.