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Where does “facilitatory” come from?

facilitatory (English) comes from English facilitate, from French faciliter, from Middle French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from Italian facile, from Spanish fácil, from Portuguese fácil, from Latin facilis.

facilitatory (English): That serves to facilitate

Definitions

  1. That serves to facilitate

Ancestry of “facilitatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfacilitateTo make easy or easier; To help bring about; To...
2Frenchfaciliterfacilitate
3Middle Frenchfaciliter—
4Italianfacilitareto facilitate; to ease, help
5Italianfacileeasy; cosy; effortless
6Spanishfácileasy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;...
7Portuguesefácileasy
8Latinfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile
9Latinfaciō—
10Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
11Latin-tōrius—
12Latin-tor-er
13Proto-Italic-tōr—
14Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
15Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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