Where does “difficileness” come from?
difficileness (English) comes from English difficile, from Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
difficileness (English): The state or quality of being difficile
Definitions
- The state or quality of being difficile
Ancestry of “difficileness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | difficile | Hard to work with; stubborn; Difficult |
| 2 | Old French | difficile | difficult |
| 3 | Latin | difficilis | difficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate,... |
| 4 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |