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

  1. The quality of being agile; the power of moving...

Ancestry of “agility”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchagilité—
2Latinagilitāsagility, mobility, nimbleness, fleetness
3LatinagilisThat can be easily moved, easily movable; light;...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “agility”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin agilis →