Where does “difficultate” come from?
difficultate (English) comes from English difficult, from Middle English difficult, from Middle English difficulte, from Middle French difficulté, from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from Latin difficilis, from Latin facilis.
difficultate (English): To render difficult; to difficilitate
Definitions
- To render difficult; to difficilitate
Ancestry of “difficultate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | difficult | Hard, not easy, requiring much effort; Hard to... |
| 2 | Middle English | difficult | — |
| 3 | Middle English | difficulte | — |
| 4 | Middle French | difficulté | difficulty |
| 5 | Old French | difficulté | difficulty |
| 6 | Latin | difficultas | difficulty, distress, trouble, hardship |
| 7 | Latin | difficilis | difficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate,... |
| 8 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |