agevole

Italian

Etymology

Formerly explained as a loan from Medieval Latin agibilem,[1] a cognate with English and French agible (“doable”, archaic), but Old Italian usage indicate that it is rather indigenously derived from agio (“ease”) +‎ -evole.[2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈd͡ʒe.vo.le/
  • Rhymes: -evole
  • Hyphenation: a‧gé‧vo‧le

Adjective

agevole (plural agevoli)

  1. easy
    Antonyms: disagevole, malagevole
  2. smooth (road surface, etc.)

Derived terms

References
  1. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “agevole”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  2. agévole in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  3. https://www.academia.edu/3885879/Ghost_words_and_new_discoveries_in_the_TLIO_Old_Italian_dictionary

Further reading
  • agevole in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • agevole in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • agevole in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • agévole in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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