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Where does “agil” come from?

agil (English) comes from Latin agilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “agil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinagilisThat can be easily moved, easily movable; light;...
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “agil”

  • agile
  • agilely
  • agileness
  • nonagile
  • unagile
  • agile gibbon
  • superagile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →