Where does “agility” come from?
agility (Finnish) comes from English agility, from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, 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.
agility (Finnish): agility, dog agility
Definitions
- agility, dog agility
Ancestry of “agility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agility | The quality of being agile; the power of moving... |
| 2 | Middle French | agilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | agilitās | agility, mobility, nimbleness, fleetness |
| 4 | Latin | agilis | That can be easily moved, easily movable; light;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |