Where does “unfacile” come from?
unfacile (English) comes from English facile, from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
unfacile (English): Not facile
Definitions
- Not facile
Ancestry of “unfacile”, step by step
unfacile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English facile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | facile | Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense;... |
| 2 | Middle French | facile | easy |
| 3 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |