Where does “agil” come from?
agil (Romanian) comes from French 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.
agil (Romanian): agile
Ancestry of “agil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | agile | nimble, agile |
| 2 | Latin | agilis | That can be easily moved, easily movable; light;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |