Where does “agile gibbon” come from?

agile gibbon (English) comes from English agile, 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.

agile gibbon (English): "Hylobates agilis", a primate in the Hylobatidae...

Definitions

  1. "Hylobates agilis", a primate in the Hylobatidae...

Ancestry of “agile gibbon”, step by step

agile gibbon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English agile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishagileHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs;...
2LatinagilisThat can be easily moved, easily movable; light;...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English gibbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgibbonA small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long...
2FrenchgibbonGibbon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin agilis →