English

agile gibbon

agile + gibbon

A compound of agile + gibbon

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘do, act’

Latin agilis ‘agile, nimble’

English agile

French gibbon

Today it means

noun A primate of species Hylobates agilis, in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agile gibbon