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Where does “nonagile” come from?

nonagile (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.

nonagile (English): Not agile; not using, or relating to, Agile...

Definitions

  1. Not agile; not using, or relating to, Agile...

Ancestry of “nonagile”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →