Where does “difficulter” come from?
difficulter (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.
difficulter (English): comparative form of difficult: more difficult
Definitions
- comparative form of difficult: more difficult
Ancestry of “difficulter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | difficult | Hard, not easy, requiring much effort; Hard to... |
| 2 | Middle English | difficult | difficult, challenging |
| 3 | Middle English | difficulte | Difficulty; the state of being difficult |
| 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 | to do |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |