English
agible
Agible comes from Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’, from Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagōas agere‘to act, to behave’
- Englishearliest quotation 1825agible
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagōas agere‘to act, to behave’
- Englishearliest quotation 1825agible
Earliest quotation: 1825, Sir Anthony Sherley: “In my first years my friends bestowed on me…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, belligerent, progesterone, agrarian, gestation, ingestion, ingest, axiomatic, samaj, agitate, gerund, gestion, agger, 127 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, retroactive, unambiguous, hyperactivity, reagent, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, examination, examine, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, enact, ambiguity, assay, agility, agitation, radium, actuator, cogent, agile, actuation, inexact, exigent, actuate, redact, 96 more
Today it means
adj Possible to be done; practicable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / agible