Where does “kapasilan” come from?

kapasilan (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central pasil, from Spanish fácil, from Portuguese fácil, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

Ancestry of “kapasilan”, step by step

kapasilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central pasil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpasil
2Spanishfácileasy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;...
3Portuguesefácileasy
4Latinfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile
5Latinfaciōto do
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōriusory
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s