Where does “facilitative” come from?
Facilitative comes from French faciliter, from Latin facilitāre (to make easy), derived from Latin facilis (easy), from the root facio (to make or do), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- (to put or place).
facilitative (English): Having the effect of making easy; assisting,...
Definitions
- Having the effect of making easy; assisting,...
Ancestry of “facilitative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | facilitate | To make easy or easier; To help bring about; To... |
| 2 | French | faciliter | facilitate |
| 3 | Middle French | faciliter | — |
| 4 | Italian | facilitare | to facilitate; to ease, help |
| 5 | Italian | facile | easy; cosy; effortless |
| 6 | Spanish | fácil | easy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;... |
| 7 | Portuguese | fácil | easy |
| 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 | — |