Where does “agility” come from?
Agility comes from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitas, derived from the adjective agilis meaning "nimble," from the verb ago meaning "to drive or do," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂eǵ- meaning "to drive."
agility (English): The quality of being agile; the power of moving...
Definitions
- The quality of being agile; the power of moving...
Ancestry of “agility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | agilité | — |
| 2 | Latin | agilitās | — |
| 3 | Latin | agilis | That can be easily moved, easily movable; light;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “agility”