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Where does “nonfacilitative” come from?

nonfacilitative (English) comes from English facilitative, from English facilitate, from French faciliter, from Middle French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from Italian facile, from Spanish fácil, from Portuguese fácil.

nonfacilitative (English): Not facilitative

Definitions

  1. Not facilitative

Ancestry of “nonfacilitative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfacilitativeHaving the effect of making easy; assisting,...
2EnglishfacilitateTo make easy or easier; To help bring about; To...
3Frenchfaciliterfacilitate
4Middle Frenchfaciliter—
5Italianfacilitareto facilitate; to ease, help
6Italianfacileeasy; cosy; effortless
7Spanishfácileasy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;...
8Portuguesefácileasy
9Latinfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile
10Latinfaciō—
11Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
12Latin-tōrius—
13Latin-tor-er
14Proto-Italic-tōr—
15Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
16Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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