Where does “faculty” come from?
Faculty comes from Middle English faculte, from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, derived from facilitas meaning ease, from facilis meaning easy, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁-.
faculty (English): The academic staff at schools, colleges,...
Definitions
- The academic staff at schools, colleges,...
Ancestry of “faculty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | faculte | Power, skill, capability, capacity; the amount... |
| 2 | Old French | faculte | — |
| 3 | Latin | facultās | ability to do any thing easily, skill, capacity, power |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | fakelitāts | — |