Etymology

agility

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Today it means: The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion Full definition →

Middle French agilité ← Latin agilitās
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  1. Latin · derived fromagilitās
  2. Middle French · derived fromagilité
  3. English todayagility

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.