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)

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

Derived terms

References

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