Where does “difficile” come from?
Difficile comes from Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis meaning "hard to do," composed of the prefix dis- and facio meaning "to make," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
difficile (English): Hard to work with; stubborn; Difficult
Definitions
- Hard to work with; stubborn; Difficult
Ancestry of “difficile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | difficile | difficult |
| 2 | Latin | difficilis | difficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate,... |
| 3 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “difficile”