Where does “autofacilitatory” come from?
autofacilitatory (English) comes from English facilitatory, from English facilitate, from French faciliter, from Middle French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from Italian facile, from Spanish fácil, from Portuguese fácil.
autofacilitatory (English): Relating to autofacilitation
Definitions
- Relating to autofacilitation
Ancestry of “autofacilitatory”, step by step
autofacilitatory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English facilitatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | facilitatory | That serves to facilitate |
| 2 | English | facilitate | To make easy or easier; To help bring about; To... |
| 3 | French | faciliter | facilitate |
| 4 | Middle French | faciliter | — |
| 5 | Italian | facilitare | to facilitate; to ease, help |
| 6 | Italian | facile | easy; cosy; effortless |
| 7 | Spanish | fácil | easy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;... |
| 8 | Portuguese | fácil | easy |
| 9 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |