agile
English
/ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/
adj
Definitions
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move
- Characterised by quick motion
- (chiefly) Of or relating to , a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agilis (swift, nimble, agile, fleet, quick) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eǵ-
Gloss
drive, lead, push, herd
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agilely English
- agileness English
- agilist English
- agility English
- ambiguous English
- chastise English
- chastisement English
- cogitabund English
- congestive English
- countergesture English
- digester English
- egest English
- egesta English
- egestion English
- egestive English
- gestate English
- gestation English
- gesticulation English
- gesticulative English
- gestural English
- gesturalism English
- gesture English
- gestureless English
- gesturelike English
- nonagile English
- react English
- reaction English
- squatter English
- squattocracy English
- suggest English
- superagile English
- superagility English
- unagile English
- agility Finnish
- actio Latin
- activus Latin
- actor Latin
- actus Latin
- aeger Latin
- agendus, agenda Latin
- agilis Latin
- agilitas Latin
- agiliter Latin
- agitatus Latin
- agito Latin
- agēns Latin
- agō Latin
- ambigo Latin
- ambiguus Latin
- castigo Latin
- castīgāre Latin
- coactus Latin
- cogitatio Latin
- cogo Latin
- congero Latin
- congestĭō Latin
- cōgēns Latin
- degero Latin
- dīgestus Latin
- exactus Latin
- exigentia Latin
- exigo Latin
- exigēns Latin
- gestatio Latin
- gesticulatus Latin
- gesto Latin
- gestus Latin
- ingero Latin
- intergero Latin
- oggero Latin
- praegero Latin
- progero Latin
- ācta Latin
- āctiō Latin
- āctor Latin
- āctus Latin
- āctōrem Latin
- agil German
- agile Italian
- agile French
- réactionnaire French
- ágil Spanish, Castilian
- προσαγωγός Ancient Greek
- ἀγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀναγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀξιόχρεως Ancient Greek
- ἀρωγή Ancient Greek
- ἄξιος Ancient Greek
- ὁπλιταγωγός Ancient Greek
- ὄναγρος Ancient Greek
- *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s, *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵro- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kesa Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- ágil Portuguese
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- agility Swedish
- अज् Sanskrit
- आजि Sanskrit
- agil Danish
- digestible Old French
- digestion Old French
- àgil Catalan, Valencian
- áxil Galician
- ager Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- akta Indonesian
- ածեմ Old Armenian
- ág Old Irish
- agilité Middle French
- exigence Middle French
- *ageti Proto-Celtic
- *ambaxtos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸel- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸiɸlāti Proto-Celtic
- *Háȷ́ati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- agil Occitan
- *agō Proto-Italic
- *gezō Proto-Italic
- agile Scots
- agnus Lithuanian
- *aja- fiu-pro
- *ekäñye- Proto-Tocharian
- *āk Proto-Tocharian
- *āk- Proto-Tocharian
- react
- egest
- egesta
- unagile
- agilist
- gestate
- suggest
- agilely
- agility
- gesture
- egestive
- chastise
- digester
- egestion
- reaction
- squatter
- gestural
- nonagile
- agileness
- ambiguous
- gestation
- superagile
- congestive
- cogitabund
- gesturalism
- gestureless
- gesturelike
- squattocracy
- chastisement
- superagility
- gesticulation
- gesticulative
- countergesture